The article analyses aspects of the medieval monastic education in the XI^th century and the doubts raised by the teachers of that time about the use of texts from the pagan classical literature. As base for our analysis, we took the moralizing testimony of benedictine abbot Guibert of Nogent (c.1055-1125).

Study of some capitals of the monastery of Sant Cugat.

Study one of the most important abbeys of Middle Ages.