Religious groups often attracted scientists. Religious routines in some sects provided time for studying, contemplation, the practice of medicine and teaching. It was also a way to "dodge the draft" (to avoid going to war). Monks were not always able to avoid wars or invasions, but most of them tried.
Sometimes a child was bequeathed to a religious order as a family's offering to God. That child didn't always want to be there, but he or she didn't have much choice. There was a lot of unmonkly behavior among religious orders and some of it might have come from the children who were there against their will.
There is a lewd and explicit set of stories (fiction) in medieval literature, 100 tales, that was popular in the 15th and 16th centuries. It includes a large percentage of stories about clergymen breaking their vows of chastity.
I warned you... it's lewd and explicit...
Sometimes a child was bequeathed to a religious order as a family's offering to God. That child didn't always want to be there, but he or she didn't have much choice. There was a lot of unmonkly behavior among religious orders and some of it might have come from the children who were there against their will.
There is a lewd and explicit set of stories (fiction) in medieval literature, 100 tales, that was popular in the 15th and 16th centuries. It includes a large percentage of stories about clergymen breaking their vows of chastity.
I warned you... it's lewd and explicit...