### q4 child initiation practices distinguished monastic and mendicants > Child initiation is also one of the areas in which the mendicants of the later middle ages (e.g. Franciscan and Dominican friars) distinguished themselves against their monastic counterparts - [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01fk6zsh7qhh2appz0493p8s0z) - [[How Monasteries in the Middle Ages Recruited New Members#q4 child initiation practices distinguished monastic and mendicants|View in Vault]]