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Paperback Leper Knights: The Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem in England, C.1150-1544 Book

ISBN: 1843830671

ISBN13: 9781843830672

Leper Knights: The Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem in England, C.1150-1544

(Part of the Studies in the History of Medieval Religion Series)

An illustrated history of the English branch of the Order of St Lazarus, founded to care for lepers and send leper knights to the Crusades.

One of the most unusual contributions to the crusading era was the idea of the leper knight - a response to the scourge of leprosy and the shortage of fighting men which beset the Latin kingdom in the twelfth century. The Order ofSt Lazarus, which saw the idea become a reality, founded establishments across...

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