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Monks in the Middle Ages were highly educated and could typically read and write in Latin. Monks dedicated their lives to serving God and members of the community. They spent their days praying, studying and performing manual labor. Each monastery was a self-supporting and independent community that could sustain itself without outside help.
Becoming a Monk
Medieval monks came from all social classes and had to go through a lengthy process to become a monk. A person who was actively seeking to enter a monastic order was called a “postulant.” This period usually lasted for one month and then the postulant would enter the novitiate phase for one year, after which time the monk would take his first vows. Four years into the process, monks would take the solemn monastic vows and then remain a monk for the rest of their lives.
Child Monks
In the Middle Ages, some parents would dedicate their children to a life of service and prayer as a monk. The child, called an oblate, would then be raised in a monastic community gaining education and performing religious duties such as daily prayers.

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