Leper Knights: The Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem in England, c. 1150-1544.(Book Review)

From: Albion | Date: June 22, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

David Marcombe, Leper Knights: The Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem in England, c. 1150-1544. Rochester, N. Y.: The Boydell Press. 2003. Pp. xx, 320. $75.00. ISBN 0-85115-893-5.

The Order of St. Lazarus is one of the less well known (and less well documented) military orders established in the Holy Land after the region's conquest in the Crusades. Initially its defining characteristic was that the knights were themselves lepers. After the fall of Acre in 1291, the Order's base and focus moved west, its links with leprosy becoming increasingly tenuous. It survived at least ...

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