On request of Peter Pan I'm posting this thread, he has a couple of questions concerning alchemists - which he cannot post over here because he is still a junior member.

This was his original post, in the entrance hall

hello every body ,I am the new one here.
i have some question about medieval alchemists,they are intimately related with monastey, are they always wanders? where can i find detailed life history about them?
thank you for help
So in short

- Were Medieval Alchemists intimatly related with the church/monastery?
- Were all the alchemists wanderers?
- Where can one find more information on them, particulary about their lives.