Monasteries & Monastic Orders C WB Key developments

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Monasteries & Monastic Orders C WB Key developmentsHow did the monks, nuns and hermits live? What rules did they agree to obey? To what extent were they able to uphold those ideals in reality? What was the relationship between the monasteries and wordly authorities? And what was the source of the power that the religious orders were able to exercise in political affairs at various times? Are the remarkable cultural accomplishments of the cloisters simply the fruits of great self discipline, or did