The general term is "mendicant". You may be thinking of the Franciscans, a specific order of mendicants.
Monks
They listened to some Wu-Tang Clan and the rest is history.
The renewed religious feeling of the Middle Ages resulted in the growth of monks and monasteries and the increased power of the Catholic church in the political arena.
There were no medieval parsons. The clergy of the time were Catholic and dressed as priests or monks.
Books were copied by scribes. Most scribes were monks or nuns. There were also commercial scribes, such as the ones employed by Christine de Pizan to copy the books she sold.
Illuminated manuscripts .
Not all monks taught in schools during the Middle Ages as not all monasteries had schools. However, many communities did operate what would be called schools today.
Faxian and Xuanzang.
Monks
it actually helped the monks achieve zen
Monks aka *(_+#%^
robes
In an nunnery. Monks lived in Monerstrys.
The monks of Tibet are called Tibetan monks in English. In Tibetan they may be called choden 'religious' or chodak 'Dharma spreader.'
Gregorian monks.
work
by monks in middle ages