Women's monasteries, or convents, ______________.
A. were often poor because they could not attract wealthy donations for commemorative masses
B. provided a place for widowed noblewomen to find seclusion
C. were often joined with men's monasteries for sharing of resources
D. allowed some women to take positions of power
E. All of these.
Answer: E
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