4. Monasteries that kept to these rules were useful institutions because they were stable communities, as stated after the rules. They would provide a place for people of the same ideals to come together and follow the rules.
5. The Rule tells us that the social and economic structure of the time was stable, or well put together. If every monastery refelcted their society, it meant that religion went hand in hand with sociality and ecnonomics in that time.
Yes, but what did monasteries provide a larger society? Sure they are stable, but what could a local ruler expect to get from the people there?
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