Multiple Choice
Why were so many convents (monastic houses for women) founded during the seventh century c.e.?
A) Convents met a variety of social and spiritual needs for women of all classes.
B) Lower-class women flocked to convents as an improvement on the drudgery of their lives.
C) Nuns were the only women allowed to become priests.
D) Convents were a way for the families that founded them to make money.
E) Families were expected to give their daughters to local monasteries to become nuns.
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