Leper knights : the order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem in England, c.1150-1544 /

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 of St Lazarus, which saw the idea become a reality, founded establishmen...

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Hlavní autor: Marcombe, David
Médium: Licensed eBooks
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Woodbridge, Suffolk, U.K. ; Rochester, N.Y. : Boydell Press 2003.
Edice:Studies in the history of medieval religion ; v. 20.
On-line přístup:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvc16js5