| − | A '''monastery''' is a building or structure or a series of buildings and structures that are set apart from regular civilization for religious commune. [[Monks]] are the usual inhabitants and live in such structures after taking specific vows. During the [[Middle Ages]] monastic institutions helped to preserve writings from [[antiquity]] that would otherwise have been lost. | + | A '''monastery''' was a building or structure or a series of buildings and structures that is set apart from regular civilization for religious commune. [[Monks]] is the usual inhabitants and live in such structures after taking specific vows. During the [[Middle Ages]] monastic institutions helped to preserve writings from [[antiquity]] that would otherwise have been lost. |