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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主要作者: Marcombe, David
格式: Licensed eBooks
語言:英语
出版: Woodbridge, Suffolk, U.K. ; Rochester, N.Y. : Boydell Press 2003.
叢編:Studies in the history of medieval religion ; v. 20.
在線閱讀:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvc16js5