Thread by @ilatif

@HarounRashid2 #Monasteries were the bastion of discovery and enquiry. Monasteries were cradles of literacy, nurtured and conserved the masterpieces works by Cicero, Virgil, Ovid, and Aristotle. They were the harbinger of the Universities assembling the best setting for the ideal knowledge.

@HarounRashid2 The Monastic trend was built around the #Rule_of_Benedict. Benedict 1,500 years ago had come up with a guide for developing sustainable communities to play a key role in conserving the knowledge of the past and building a social fabric that delivered durable climate for growth.

@HarounRashid2 Benedict's rule for beginners put all of the members irrespective of age, wealth, and prominence on the same footing. The rank in a cross-generational community, from youths to men of advanced years, who go on living together year after year was governed by a chosen #abbot.

@HarounRashid2 The Benedictine Latin motto was “Ora et labora” Pray and work. Besides prayers, the Monks educated the youth on ancient manuscripts and works of art from illuminated manuscripts they reproduced which are now invaluable records of Greco-Roman culture for contemporary historians.

@HarounRashid2 Universities today were born from the womb of #studia_generalia a place to educate monks beyond the level of a #monastery. The first #University_of_Bologna was founded in 1088 and chartered by #EmperorBarbarossa in 1158. Soon after Bologna, #Paris and #Oxford were founded.

@HarounRashid2 The oldest Buddhist monasteries Nalanda 427AD academies in EastAsia Taixue in China 202 BC AD Daigaku-ryō Japan 671 AD.

The #University_of_AlKaraouine is the first university in the world, established by #Fatima_al_Fihri established in 859 AD in Fez, Morocco #Islamic_Golden_Age

@HarounRashid2 Thanks, Haroun for eliciting this response on Linked in

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