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Middle Ages Middle Ages : Monastic communities of the Middle Ages Monastic communities of the Middle Ages

by Lynn Smythe

Monastic communities were designed to be largely self sufficient. The monks needed to grow all the plant material they required for their daily survival such as foods, seasonings, medications, dye plants, aromatics, pest and insect control.

ST. BENEDICT
St. Benedict was the founder of the Benedictine monastic order. St. Benedict drew up his monastic rule in the 6th century for use by his monastic community

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Middle Ages Biography: Pope Gregory I

by Vicki Phipps

Pope Gregory I, within his lifetime from 540- 604 AD, was the last of four great doctors of the church and the first Roman Catholic

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Middle Ages Why Saladin's victory at the Battle of Hattin was a turning point in the history of the Crusades

by Algernon Moncrieff

1187. Hattin.

Utterly miserable, the Christian army stood in their encampment on the hilltop, and watched as the Saracens under the

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Middle Ages How could a serf obtain freedom?

by Eve Redstone

The medieval serf was a slave by another name. Serfs were the laborers and farm machinery that kept the economy of medieval Europe

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