Starter quiz
- Who was St Benedict?
- An 8th century monk who wrote guidelines for how monasteries should look.
- A 5th century nun who wrote rules for how nuns should behave.
- A 6th century monk who wrote guidelines for how monks and nuns should live. ✓
- A 7th century king who wrote guidelines for how monks and nuns should dress.
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- Write the missing word. The building occupied by a community of monks is known as a ...
- 'monastery' ✓
- How did monks preserve learning?
- They copied ancient manuscripts and kept them preserved in various libraries. ✓
- They recorded services to share with a wider audience.
- They wrote poems about daily life and read them aloud to pilgrims.
- They wrote books about the lives of saints and their teachings. ✓
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- Write the missing word. In the 10th century, ______ invaders targeted monasteries and were responsible for a decline in English monasticism.
- 'Viking' ✓
- What was the name of the 10th century Anglo-Saxon king who removed secular clergy from English monasteries to try to raise standards?
- King Edward
- King Edgar ✓
- King William
- King Harold
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- Write the missing word. In the 10th century, a ______ movement tried to restore traditional monastic life to England.
- 'reform' ✓
Exit quiz
- Match each term with its correct definition.
- Cluniac⇔an order of monks which focused on prayer and reflection ✓
- abbey⇔the building occupied by a community of monks or nuns ✓
- Benedictine⇔following the rule of St Benedict, who wrote guidelines for monks ✓
- priory⇔a monastery under the control of an abbey and run by a prior ✓
- What was the name of the founder of Cluny Abbey in France?
- The Duke of Bourbon
- The Duke of Normandy
- The Duke of Orleans
- The Duke of Aquitaine ✓
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- Write the missing word. The Cluniac order developed a style of worship which involved perpetual ...
- 'prayer' ✓
- Why did the Cluniac monks rely on local employees to do their manual work?
- so they could devote all their time to writing manuscripts
- so they could devote all their time to choir practice
- so they could devote all their time to worshipping God ✓
- so they could devote all their time to helping in the community
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- Write the missing word. Cluniac priories across Europe were led by the ______ of Cluny Abbey.
- 'Abbot' ✓
- In what year was the first Cluniac priory in England was founded at Lewes in Sussex?
- 1067
- 1077 ✓
- 1087
- 1097
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Key learning points
- Cluny Abbey was founded in 910 by the Duke of Aquitaine (a region in France), as a Benedictine monastery.
- Cluny Abbey was largely independent and returned to strictly following the Rule of St Benedict.
- The Cluniac order developed a much longer and more complex liturgy, in the aim of providing perpetual prayer.
- The Cluniac order spent so much time praying that they relied on local employees to do all their manual work.
- Cluniac priories were brought to England by the Normans, but remained under the strict control of Cluny Abbey.
Common misconception
That all reform in monasteries came from the Cluniac order.
In fact, some Benedictine monasteries also introduced reform, and monasteries were reforming in 10th century Anglo-Saxon England well before the Cluniac order arrived in England.
Keywords
Cluniac - an order of monks which focused on prayer and reflection
Abbey - the building occupied by a community of monks or nuns
Benedictine - following the rule of St Benedict, a 6th century monk who wrote guidelines for how monks and nuns should live
Priory - a monastery or nunnery under the control of an abbey and run by a prior
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