The Role of Buddhist Monks in the Development of Archives in the Korean Middle Ages
Kyong Lee
This study compares the roles of Buddhist monks in medieval Korea and Christian Europe development management archives. monasteries played similar preserving both religious secular texts, but archival role was limited to monastic archives, whereas were integral The establishment early Koryo dynasty (918-1392) a centralized bureaucratic system required system, which archives one branch. These managed by major government departments authority officials, who consisted largely monks. findings this suggest that different political social structures Europe, as well differing philosophies cultures Buddhism Christianity, resulted divergent two societies.
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