Leper knights : the order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem in England, c.1150-1544 /
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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Woodbridge, Suffolk, U.K. ; Rochester, N.Y. :
Boydell Press,
2003.
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| Series: | Studies in the history of medieval religion.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
