What was the role of monks and nuns in middle age music?
The monks were the keepers of learning. In a time when know one read the monks copied text from ancient Greece and Rome and wrote books on the bible. They made such books as the Book of Kells which is a true art form as well as a book. They also provided lodging for travelers and at times medical help. The monks also wrote and sang the Georgian chants that we still have today. The nuns were much more reserved and kept to the nunnery and much less active. They did have chants they sang as well. Neither used instruments.
