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Introductory-Monasteries and their work from the sixth to the ninth century-The claustral schools-Alcuin-Warnefrid and Theodulf-Clerics and monastics-The Golden Age of monasticism-The Order of St. Benedict-Cistercian houses-Other Orders-Progress of writing in Carolingian times-Division of labour.
In the sixth century the monasteries, such as the