How did monks hope to reform monastic life in the 12th century? they wanted to make monastic life attractive to young recruits. they wanted to return monks to a life of order and discipline. they wanted to lessen morality to be more in line with social values. they wanted to increase their personal earnings.

   They wanted to return monks to a life of order and discipline

Explanation:  Since the desire to earn money and moving away from moral values were already present , the monks wanted to reform the monastic life. The monks wanted to return those values ​​that were adorned by monastic communities at the beginning of monastic life. Thus, in the Middle Ages, the Cluniac or the Benedictine Reform was launched, aimed at supporting religious art, helping the sick and the poor, and establishing the order of the beginnings of monasticism.

sir thomas more, venerated in the catholic church as saint thomas more, was an english lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted renaissance humanist. he was also a councillor to henry viii, and lord high chancellor of england from october 1529 to 16 may 1532.