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What role did monasteries play in medieval Europe?​

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the monasteries educated the people

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I'm sure they did more than that, but the primary thing i remember is that the church provided funding for the monasteries to educate the rich in medieval europe. all schooling was church related and the literacy rate was at 6%

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