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	Podcast:		How and Why History
	Episode:		The Rise of the Monasteries
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:24:31
	Publish Date:		2020-07-27 14:00:00
	Description:		In the Middle Ages, Christian monasteries played an integral role in the generation and spread of knowledge. Scholarship flourished behind monastery walls and monks became experts in a wide range of fields, including astronomy, medicine, even beer-making and beekeeping. But how and why did monasteries became such important centres of learning and literacy? Rob Weinberg asks the big questions about this fascinating development in history to Eyal Poleg at Queen Mary University of London. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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