Which of the following statements concerning the intellectual activity of the medieval West prior to the 8th century is most accurate? A. Classical rational traditions were actively united with Christian mysticism to carve out a new intellectual world.
B. With the few literate people concentrated in monasteries, little was achieved other than copying older manuscripts.
C. Universities rapidly created a new intellectual climate in which logic was applied to matters of Christian doctrine.
D. All literacy and contact with the ancient culture was lost in the centuries following the fall of Rome.
E. Western scholars achieved more during this period than their Islamic counterparts.