The library at York was probably one of the three or four richest repositories of knowledge in Christendom in 800AD and still only had works by about 40 authors:https://www.academia.edu/7162980/The_Library_of_Alcuins_York …
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Those who were, were highly praised for their knowledge.
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Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. (re: Greek, at least. I am afraid my knowledge of medieval astronomy is very lacking).
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My supervisor does medieval computus and it was highly complicated and not just general knowledge everyone had in a monastery. There was also a lot of debate over what system for calculating Easter was correct (spoiler: none of them).
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