This is a social studies question I couldn't figure out.?

Question

Who were the most educated people in Europe during the medieval times, and th ones who preserved learning and founder schools and eventually Universities? I know the answer is eaither

a. knights
b. the lord
c. bishop
d. nobles
e. peasents

Answer 1

[The peasants] worked on the land, and their lives were short and hard. They couldn't read, they didn't get a chance to travel, and they didn't know much. Books were kept in monasteries and were read only by monks. Most Europeans had forgotten the arts and learning of the Greeks and Romans.

[In Europe during the Middle Ages] knights, lords and ladies lived in splendid feudal castles. And crusaders set off for Israel (called the Holy Land) in the name of religion, but managed to plunder and murder as they went.

Although it is in scholarly and cultural pursuits where most educated people look to the medieval monasteries for their contribution and influence, we can hardly overlook the monks’ important cultivation of what might be called the practical arts.

In the feudal system, the lord is the warrior aristocrat who held title to land and possessed the power, passed down by inheritance, to rule over the inhabitants of his demesne. In addition to holding a position of high privilege and status, he had great responsibilities. He had to provide for the security of the peasants.

But the accounts of Bishop Ambrose, St. Martin of Tours, and St. Patrick of Ireland suggest also that the church benefited from some extraordinary leadership.

Clergy were usually the most educated group of Europeans and many were employed by the aristocracy to help and advise them.

So I would say BISHOP

Answer 2

I would say the answer would have been monks, but thats not an option so I would have to say Bishop.

The answer should be monks, monks are the ones who copied out books by hand before the advent of the printing press, they were the only ones allowed access to the books in the monastery, and the monastery was the greatest concentration of books in those days.

The only other reasonable answer would be Nobles, as they would have the most time and money for learning

Answer 3

d.nobles