### q2 entering monasteries young conferred advantage > in a monastic world increasingly stratified by education, those who entered a monastery young had more time to become steeped in texts, whereas an adult *conversus* might struggle to learn even basic reading. - [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01fk6znfh8acjm9kn6pn5yc4pk) - [[How Monasteries in the Middle Ages Recruited New Members#q2 entering monasteries young conferred advantage|View in Vault]]