TY - BOOK ID - 101341528 TI - Leprosy and charity in medieval Rouen AU - Brenner, Elma AU - Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) PY - 2015 SN - 1782046658 0861933397 PB - Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : The Royal Historical Society/The Boydell Press, DB - UniCat KW - Leprosy KW - Patients. KW - Patients KW - Social conditions. KW - Medeltiden KW - Rouen (France) KW - France KW - Frankrike KW - Lepers KW - Miquelon and Saint Pierre KW - Miquelon and St. Pierre KW - St. Pierre and Miquelon KW - Corsica KW - Saint Pierre and Miquelon KW - Medicine, Medieval KW - Charities KW - History KW - Social conditions KW - History. KW - Associations, institutions, etc. KW - Poor KW - Social service KW - Endowments KW - Alms and almsgiving KW - Benevolent institutions KW - Charitable institutions KW - Endowed charities KW - Institutions, Charitable and philanthropic KW - Philanthropy KW - Poor relief KW - Private nonprofit social work KW - Relief (Aid) KW - Social welfare KW - Medieval medicine KW - Mycobacterial diseases KW - Hansen disease KW - Hanseniasis KW - Hansen's disease KW - Services for KW - Societies, etc. KW - Aegean. KW - Crusade. KW - Crusader Participants. KW - Crusader States. KW - Crusading Era. KW - Crusading Ideals. KW - Historical Analysis. KW - Maritime Power. KW - Medieval Europe. KW - Medieval History. KW - Medieval Mediterranean. KW - Merchant Crusaders. KW - Religious Culture. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:101341528 AB - Between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries, Rouen was one of the greatest cities in western Europe. The effective capital of the 'Angevin Empire' between 1154 and 1204 and thereafter a leading cityin the realm of the Capetian and Valois kings of France, it experienced substantial growth, the emergence of communal government and the ravages of plague and the Hundred Years' War. This book examines the impact of leprosy upon Rouen during this period, and the key role played by charity in the society and religious culture of the city and its hinterland. Based upon extensive archival research, and focusing in particular on Rouen's leper houses, it offers a new understanding of responses to disease and disability in medieval Europe. It charts how attitudes towards lepers, and perceptions of their disease, changed over time, explores the relationship between leprosy, charity and practices of piety, and considers how leprosy featured in growing concerns about public health. It also sheds important new light on the roles and experiences of women, as both charitable patrons and leprosy sufferers, and on medical practice and practitioners in medieval France. Elma Brenner is Specialist in Medieval and Early Modern Medicine at the Wellcome Library, London. ER -