The Medieval Catholic Church
v filled the power vacuum left from the
collapse of the classical world.
collapse of the classical world.
v monasticism:
§ St. Benedict – Benedictine Rule of
poverty, chastity, and obedience.
poverty, chastity, and obedience.
§ provided schools for the children of
the upper class.
the upper class.
§ inns, hospitals, refuge in times of war.
§ libraries & scriptoria to copy books
and illuminate manuscripts.
and illuminate manuscripts.
§ monks à
missionaries to the
barbarians. [St. Patrick, St. Boniface]
barbarians. [St. Patrick, St. Boniface]