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Did medieval monks play mind games?
In the intellectual abundance of the cloisters of the Middle Ages, monastic austerity rubbed shoulders with a fascinating and surprising part of playful culture. Let's take a lantern to illuminate the corners of medieval history and discover together if medieval monks, in their quest for spirituality and knowledge, indulged, perhaps in secret, in stimulating thought games. This article reveals the other side of the story where piety and strategy subtly mingle to the rhythm of games that are as enigmatic as they are enriching. Monastic life and its fun practices In an almost sacred silence, monastic life often evokes an…