The greatest centers of learning in the early middle ages were found generally in

During the middle ages, monasteries and convents were the greatest centers of learning. Monks and nuns worked as teachers, writers, librarians, book publishers, doctors, and nurses. Books at that time were expensive and rare because there was no print system and they had to be written by hand. Very few people knew how to read and write, because of that Monks worked to copy the books that existed did the translation of books in Latin for example. Monks also decorated the first letters and borders of manuscripts.

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