The importance of these communities was growing from the beginning to the end of the Middle Ages, having its peak during the XII-XIII centuries. The monasteries not only constituted as places destined to the prayer of those men and women who left everything to find everything; They were also places of social power, as they were run by members of the most powerful families in the kingdom, as well as economic due to the large amount of land that from each monastic community were put into operation. Finally, monasteries were also constituted as the major centers of culture of Christian Europe, since from its scriptorium a large number of documents about day to day were generated, in addition to the copy of religious books and classic authors. Without this huge work of copying, possibly these works would have been lost and would not have reached us.
According to social psychology, a stereotype refers to the over-generalized belief about an individual based on his membership or category of a particular group. Although generally, it is used to simplify our social environment, it lacked the relevance of individual differences and therefore can result in discriminatory behavior.
The answer is d. called humanism. Many believe that More was tackling the
Renaissance humanist movement in his work where there is argument over true
nobility and the need to take a realistic view of the world. Some say there are contradictions between
Utopia’s notions and what More believes in reality.
