Key term for Edexcel GCSE History, used in The Reformation and Its Impact.
A religious way of life where monks and nuns renounce worldly pursuits to devote themselves entirely to spiritual work in a community.
Monasticism appears in Edexcel GCSE History revision content for Henry VIII and His Ministers, especially The Reformation and Its Impact and Dissolution of the Monasteries.
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