ICSE Class 7 Answered

The impact of monasteries in Europe was

1. Monasteries played an important role in spreading the teaching of Lord Jesus Christ and Christianity. Christianity thus became a popular religion in Europe.
2. Monasteries provided food and shelter to the needy people. Monks and nuns taught children and treated the sick and poor.
3. Monks residing in the monasteries studied various religious and secular subjects. Monasteries in due course of time became great centres of religious and secular learning. Many subjects such as history, geography, mathematics, science and philosophy were taught here. Some of the famous monasteries developed into famous universities like Oxford and Cambridge.