Depends. Some people were given to the order in childhood and brought up as a monk. The monasteries had a small gate in their wall just the size for a child and a person could put a child within the...
Monks 'dont do fun'. Unless it was part of their religious duties which is to be holy and chaste in body and soul, in all senses and mind, being devoted to attention and prayer. To make God their...
The Regula Sancti Benedicti (Rule of St Benedict), which governed the lives of all monks in western Europe states in chapter 57: "If there be skilled workmen in the monastery let them work at their...
Monks lived in monasteries and separated themselves from the rest of society. Unless their duties required it most monks had very limited contact with people outside of their monastery, and could not...