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Slightly related to the original post here, if you ever wondered how monks ended up in posession of 75 cows and farming land, Max Miller did an interesting and
by 1MachineElf 6y ago
Slightly related to the original post here, if you ever wondered how monks ended up in posession of 75 cows and farming land, Max Miller did an interesting and funny explanation of it on his Tasting History YT channel: https://youtu.be/zz0y1d6IIpY https://youtu.be/zz0y1d6IIpY
- chrisseaton 6y ago> if you ever wondered how monks ended up in posession of 75 cows and farming land Did it sound strange to you? Farming and crafts are a core part of many monasteries, and many famous foods and drinks have been invented or refined by monks. Everything from Champagne and Buckfast. They have to do something simple to earn money and keep busy. And they’re usually in the countryside so have farm land by default. What do the monasteries near you do to trade for income?
- 1MachineElf 6y agoIndeed, and it wasn't always so. The video discusses the two skinny/pious/austere monk vs. the fat/drunken/jolly monk stereotypes, and the history of how the transition between the two came to be.
- kgwgk 6y agoOra et labora.