022. Enter the monastery (ask for collection, recommend votes, thank you)

Lady Meghan is one of the main patrons of the abbey, and the largest buildings of the abbey have inscriptions on the walls of her generosity and portraits.

In the image, Mrs. Meghan is wearing a white headscarf with an angel blessing halo on it.

Such a noble status was enough for the abbot of the monastery to receive him personally.

Before Bran and Albert arrived, they had changed into the children's clothes of the convent, but they had not yet "shaved their hair", and this was done by the priests.

Passing through the corridors and courtyards, the group entered the independent residence of a high priest. The residence of the president and vice president is in the center, and the bell tower is located at the top.

The surrounding layout is very simple and elegant, except for the wide floors, slender stone pillars and dense plants, there is nothing special.

Downstairs, the gatehouse slowly opened, and a young priest came out to lead the way, and in a room on the first floor, a slow-moving old man sat and waited for them.

"Franklin", the old vice president's teaching name.

His teeth had all been lost, his skin was drooping, his eyes were blank, and one of his eyesights had deteriorated badly, which was the sequelae of reading a lot of books at night.

Whatever way you talk to him, it will end with theology.

Now seventy years old, he has survived to this position by seniority, and he speaks inarticulately, always mixing Latin with Italian with a regional accent, and the accent is so strong that even if Bran listens carefully, he does not fully understand it.

However, the "secular language" spoken by mouth often leads to ambiguity, and at this time, it is necessary to use other external objects to assist, and a butler who accompanied Mrs. Meghan took out a small black box under the eyes of Mrs. Meghan, and inside was a faintly shining pure gold cross.

Such a pious heart is enough.

"By this dedication to the monastery, believe in the Lord and receive eternity." The butler bowed his head and said respectfully.

"Your good deeds will be recorded." Franklin also spread his hands and accepted it reverently.

In fact, he was an extremely industrious and loving clergyman, who had rescued hundreds of orphans, and whose good deeds had been recorded in the "Apostolic Bull" by the previous Pope, who had been passed through the Church in all places, and who was a clergyman who could be "posthumously honored" after his death, which was second only to "canonization".

"The crippled were loved, healed, and forgiven ......"

I couldn't tell where the sacred sound of poetry came from, and through the gap window, the various sacred figures on the wall and ceiling seemed to come to life, and the eyes were staring at me.

Mrs. Meghan, who is accustomed to chasing money and power, does not like this kind of place that is too close to God, and of course, if her soul can enter this kind of place after death, she will definitely be happy.

After a few more conversations, Meghan was leaving.

Albert pulled his grandmother with tears in his eyes, but he was forced to let go, and the wooden door opened and closed, leaving only two children and the vice-dean, and a priest who was copying the scriptures.

The scribes had no expression on their faces, they forbade emotion, and Albert was especially afraid of the feeling.

The vice president's room is not big, all of them are books, and the covers of eighty percent of the books are written in Latin, and Bran swept his eyes, these books are all essential books that have been baptized by time and proved their status.

Bran theology had been instructed by Simon and was good enough to cope with his studies here.

From A.E. 1130 onwards, the "university" emerged from Paris, the capital of the Frankish Empire.

Previously, knowledge was controlled by the church, and even many great nobles, throughout their lives, could only write their own names and religious names.

Many nobles thought that this was enough, that they were masters, who could write their names and sign parchment papers, issue decrees, and receive the annual wealth of their stinking lords.

After the advent of the university, a large number of bureaucrats came out of the church, and they were promoted by the royal family and nobles to be loyal to the king more than the lord, forming an alternative challenge to the church and the lords of the manors.

From this time onwards, the monasteries also assumed the function of education, training more secular talents to assist the Holy See, which mentioned a partial literacy rate.

At present, there are twenty-eight students in this monastery, including wealthy merchants, nobles, knights, and even commoners. With the addition of Bran and Albert, there will be thirty people after today.

"Knock knock."

As the wooden door opened again, a middle-aged monk who had been a barber entered with scissors and related tools.

Before Franklin could speak, Bran pulled Albert to his knees and uttered a sentence of praise and prayer for blessing.

"Praise the Lord ...... Heart"

Bran had long remembered the process, and the sound of his chants was simple and powerful. He also had a pious expression on his face, and his voice was so loud that it almost broke.

Wise children are always likable, and Franklin listened to this, and he replied to a passage to bless the two children, and reached out to touch the top of Bran's head to give the elder a blessing.

Then the two were taken out of the abbot's room and went to an artificial lake in the courtyard of the monastery, where the lake was clear and the "haircut ceremony" was made.

The sharp silver scissors flashed and the hair was scattered, symbolizing the separation of "troubles" and "desires".

After the haircut ceremony, the body will be washed with holy water.

The haircut originated in the "Roman Empire", which was the hairstyle of slaves at that time, originally used to prevent slaves from escaping, and later inadvertently became the head of a monk, representing the voluntary becoming a "servant of the gods".

Haircuts are performed only on male friars, while female friars are only allowed to "cover their heads with a headscarf", and men and women do not live together.

In the early days, even ordinary clergy could "marry and have children", but with the changes of the times and the increase in precepts, this is no longer possible, but when there is a real difficulty, they can provide each other with food and lodging for a short time to help the monks of the opposite sex.

There are several types of clerical heads that have evolved from the Illuminati, and the head shape that Bran and Albert will cut is called "St. Peter's Head".

It was handed down by a certain pope.

This hair form is "Mediterranean", with no sideburns, the back hair is pushed high, and then wearing a wooden cross to show people.

The head of St. Peter is commonly found on the Italian peninsula and the Holy See, as well as on the Mediterranean coast.

If it's in the Far North, another name for the British Isles, leave "St. George's Head".

St. George was a nobleman who had "slaughtered dragons" in Ireland, so he had the title of "dragon slayer" like Bran's grandfather.

Under the influence of dragon slayers, the clergy in England now have "martial arts" as a compulsory subject.

They are often compared to the "Knights of St. Paul's" in the Iberian Peninsula of Western Europe, who practiced asceticism and lived frugally.

The best horseman among the clergy (the English clergy),

The most proficient of the knights (Knights of St. Burgers).

There are many knights in existence today, and men from small knight families who cannot inherit the family business dream of joining the following four knights.

Knight of St. Bercos (Iberia),

Knights Hospitaller (Italy),

Templar (Italy),

Livonian Knight (Bavaria),

Together, they are known as the Four Knights of the Light World, defending the glory of the Holy Cross.

The weak pope will depend on the face of the cardinals, and the timid monarch will be swayed by the powerful ministers.

There was a discussion among the nobles about what form the most powerful existence in the Bright World was.

Some nobles drunkenly replied, "Hold the four knights, call the Roman emperor, abolish the pope, and conduct a holy war against the outside world!"