Why do you think the Church and the monasteries became the centers of learning?

The Church and the monasteries became the centers of learning because the only people who knew how to write and read were living in the monasteries. The people who could read and write were very important, because they had skills that the average person could never hope to achieve. If a person could read and write, they would most likely live in a monastery and copy books by hand. Many leaders were also from the Church. Another reason the Church had become so powerful was the fact that they made laws and set up courts to uphold the laws. The Church was able to become the center of learning because it was economically stable.

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