During this time, the only true source of education came in the form of Monasteries. The Monasteries were the chief centers of learning until universities came into existence. The majority of the educated people were the monks for not many of the rural people attended school let alone have the ability to read and write. The monks would spend their days in the Monasteries coping and rewriting the manuscripts. Eventually, the Benedictine Scriptoria was created. This place was a room dedicated to copying and maintaining the texts and because of its existence it was the only place that was able to save the beautiful manuscripts handcrafted by the monks for future generations to
During this time, the only true source of education came in the form of Monasteries. The Monasteries were the chief centers of learning until universities came into existence. The majority of the educated people were the monks for not many of the rural people attended school let alone have the ability to read and write. The monks would spend their days in the Monasteries coping and rewriting the manuscripts. Eventually, the Benedictine Scriptoria was created. This place was a room dedicated to copying and maintaining the texts and because of its existence it was the only place that was able to save the beautiful manuscripts handcrafted by the monks for future generations to