In the Middle Ages, Monastic Hospitality to Travelers Was

In the Middle Ages, monastic hospitality to travelers was

A) forbidden because monks were to be secluded from any contact with the outside world.
B) offered occasionally, but only with royal permission.
C) offered occasionally, but only with the permission of the abbot.
D) offered to men but not to women, as the latter were potentially too sexually threatening to the celibate monks.
E) a sacred duty.