Medievalists.net » Leprosy http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Robert the Bruce and Leprosy http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/01/robert-the-bruce-and-leprosy/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/01/robert-the-bruce-and-leprosy/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2015 00:44:14 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59329 There has always been some doubt as to whether Bruce, who died in 1329, did suffer from leprosy.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/01/robert-the-bruce-and-leprosy/feed/ 0 Anglo-Saxon skeleton shows leprosy may have spread to Britain from Scandinavia http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/14/anglo-saxon-skeleton-shows-leprosy-may-have-spread-to-britain-from-scandinavia/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/14/anglo-saxon-skeleton-shows-leprosy-may-have-spread-to-britain-from-scandinavia/#comments Thu, 14 May 2015 11:03:01 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58213 The bones of the man, probably in his 20s, show changes consistent with leprosy, such as narrowing of the toe bones and damage to the joints, suggesting a very early British case.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/14/anglo-saxon-skeleton-shows-leprosy-may-have-spread-to-britain-from-scandinavia/feed/ 0 Make-Up and Medicine in the Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/13/make-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/13/make-middle-ages/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2015 02:36:52 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=55404 A look at cosmetics and make-up in the Middle Ages.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/13/make-middle-ages/feed/ 0 Prevalence of Maxillary Sinusitis in Leprous Individuals from a Medieval Leprosy Hospital http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/15/prevalence-maxillary-sinusitis-leprous-individuals-medieval-leprosy-hospital/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/15/prevalence-maxillary-sinusitis-leprous-individuals-medieval-leprosy-hospital/#comments Sat, 15 Feb 2014 05:06:56 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47565 An investigation into maxillary sinusitis in the remains of individuals from the medieval hospital of St. James and St. Mary Magdalene, Chichester, England, offered an opportunity to study the possible relationship between this condition and leprosy in an archeological population.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/15/prevalence-maxillary-sinusitis-leprous-individuals-medieval-leprosy-hospital/feed/ 0 Sickness and Sin: Medicine, Epidemics and Heresy in the Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/28/sickness-and-sin-medicine-epidemics-and-heresy-in-the-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/28/sickness-and-sin-medicine-epidemics-and-heresy-in-the-middle-ages/#comments Sat, 28 Sep 2013 23:50:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=43916 Disease was more common, as already unsanitary populations grew more crowded, culminating with the devastating Black Death. With mostly Church chronicles telling the story, and a sense of religion underlying everyday life, comparisons were bound to be drawn between plagues and unruly dissent. On the one hand sickness of the body and the other a corruption of the mind.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/28/sickness-and-sin-medicine-epidemics-and-heresy-in-the-middle-ages/feed/ 0 Impregnable friendship : locating desire in the middle English ‘Amis and Amiloun’ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/24/impregnable-friendship-locating-desire-in-the-middle-english-amis-and-amiloun/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/24/impregnable-friendship-locating-desire-in-the-middle-english-amis-and-amiloun/#comments Wed, 24 Jul 2013 17:37:54 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42320 Scholarship on Amis and Amiloun has generally been divided into two critical schools. The majority of critics have read the work as an exemplar of perfect friendship, overlooking (or ignoring) any trace of homoeroticism, citing the possibility itself as anachronistic, or explaining away its presence by offering historical or theoretical justification for intimacy among medieval men.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/24/impregnable-friendship-locating-desire-in-the-middle-english-amis-and-amiloun/feed/ 0 Scientific research reveals insights into medieval leprosy http://www.medievalists.net/2013/06/14/scientific-research-reveals-insights-into-medieval-leprosy/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/06/14/scientific-research-reveals-insights-into-medieval-leprosy/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:38:21 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=41637 Why was there a sudden drop in the incidence of leprosy at the end of the Middle Ages?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/06/14/scientific-research-reveals-insights-into-medieval-leprosy/feed/ 0 Social Deviancy: A Medieval Approach http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/10/social-deviancy-a-medieval-approach/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/10/social-deviancy-a-medieval-approach/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:20:14 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36408 Why bother with the weakest members of society by allocating substantial resources for keeping them alive and well in designated spaces?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/10/social-deviancy-a-medieval-approach/feed/ 0 The remarkable Baldwin IV: leper and king of Jerusalem http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/10/the-remarkable-baldwin-iv-leper-and-king-of-jerusalem/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/10/the-remarkable-baldwin-iv-leper-and-king-of-jerusalem/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2012 05:12:45 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36384 Medieval teen king, precocious politician, and successful battlefield commander, Baldwin IV not only surmounted disabling neurological impairment but challenged the stigma of leprosy, remarkably continuing to rule until his premature death aged twenty-three.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/10/the-remarkable-baldwin-iv-leper-and-king-of-jerusalem/feed/ 0 Catholic, Crusader, Leper and King: The Life of Baldwin IV and the Triumph of the Cross http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/17/catholic-crusader-leper-and-king-the-life-of-baldwin-iv-and-the-triumph-of-the-cross/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/17/catholic-crusader-leper-and-king-the-life-of-baldwin-iv-and-the-triumph-of-the-cross/#comments Tue, 18 Sep 2012 04:33:34 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=35776 Baldwin IV was born in Jerusalem of King Amalric and Queen Agnes of Courtney in 1161. Intellectually
and physically gifted as a boy, he seemed well equipped to inherit the Crusader kingdom.

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