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What did nuns do in the medieval times?

April 26, 2017Arts History Humanities Medieval nuns times

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What did nuns do in the medieval times?

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Monks and nuns had other duties so they could not follow the strict life of prayer all the time. Just like nurses they cared for old people, for the sick, even for lepers, who were not allowed to go near other people as the disease of leprosy was catching. There were over four hundred hospitals in England run by monks and nuns. The links have more detail into the life..