Question

Where did the knowledge of the Greco-Roman civilization endure in Europe during the Middle Ages?

A. While the knowledge collected by the Greco-Roman civilization was less present in daily life, it lived on in institutions of learning, such as in monasteries and nunneries.

B. While the knowledge collected by the Greco-Roman civilization was less present in daily life, it lived on when everyday people got together to speak Latin.

C. While the knowledge collected by the Greco-Roman civilization was less present in daily life, it lived on in secular institutions of learning, such as law courts.

D. While the knowledge collected by the Greco-Roman civilization was less present in daily life, it lived on in institutions of learning, such as in the Byzantine Empire

Answer 1

A.

Much classical learning in medieval Western Europe survived in monastic and convent schools and scriptoria, where monks and nuns copied, studied, and taught Greco‑Roman texts. (The Byzantine Empire also preserved Greek learning in the East, but in Western Europe monasteries and nunneries were the main repositories.)