Question

How had the role of monasteries changed by the 1200s?

(1 point)

They had mostly closed down and been replaced by mendicant orders.


They had abandoned their role in education to focus on farming.


They had survived only in rural areas.


They had become centers of agriculture, and many were located in towns.

Answer 1

They had become centers of agriculture, and many were located in towns. Monasteries by the 1200s managed large estates and granges, were important economic centers, and (alongside new mendicant orders) some religious houses were established in towns rather than only in the countryside.