Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . ey. This was arranged to meet their asteryparticular needs and was usually at a considerable distance fromany town, in order to insure solitude and quiet.^ It was mod-eled upon the general plan of the Roman country house. Thebuildings were arranged around a court, called the cloister. On The cloisterall four sides of this was a covered walk, which made it possibleto reach all the buildings without exposing ones self to either therain or the hot sun. Not on
Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . ey. This was arranged to meet their asteryparticular needs and was usually at a considerable distance fromany town, in order to insure solitude and quiet.^ It was mod-eled upon the general plan of the Roman country house. Thebuildings were arranged around a court, called the cloister. On The cloisterall four sides of this was a covered walk, which made it possibleto reach all the buildings without exposing ones self to either therain or the hot sun. Not only the Benedictines but all the orderswhich sprang up in later centuries arranged their homes inmuch the same way. 1 Later monasteries were sometimes built in towns, or just outside the walls. S8 Medieval and Modem Times The abbeychurch On the north side of the cloister was the church, which alwaysfaced west. As time went on and certain groups of monkswere given a great deal of property, they constructed very beau-tiful churches for their monasteries. Westminster Abbey wasoriginally the church of a monastery lying outside the city of. Fig. 15. Cloisters of Heiligenkreuz This picture of the cloister in the German monastery of Heiligenkreuz is chosen to show how the more ordinary monastery courts looked, with their pleasant sunny gardens The refec-tory, lavatory,and dormi-tory London, and there are in Great Britain many picturesque re-mains of ruined abbey churches which attract the attention ofevery traveler. On the west side of the cloister were storerooms for pro-visions ; on the south side, opposite the church, was the re-fectory, or dining room, and a sitting room that could bewarmed in cold weather. In the cloister near the dining roomwas a lavatory where the monk could wash his hands beforemeals. To the east of the cloister was the dormitory, wherethe monks slept. This always adjoined the church, for the Rulerequired that the monks should hold services seven times a day. T
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