Leper Knights : the Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem in England, c.1150-1544.: the Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem in England, c.1150-1544. (2003)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Marcombe, David
• Contents: List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Lepers and knights -- Historians of the order -- Who was St Lazarus? -- The order in the Holy Land, c.1130-1291 -- Papal support for the order -- European hospitals and preceptories -- The order in Europe, 1291-2000 -- Archaeology and iconography -- Chapter 2: Lands and Patrons -- Patrons and their motives -- The extent of the estate in 1291 -- Henry II's grant of alms and the gift of St Giles's, Holborn -- The London estate and its problems -- Holy Innocents', Lincoln -- The value of the estate -- Privileges and feudal obligations -- Chapter 3: Crusading, Crisis and Revival -- The English province -- The years of crisis, c.1330-1420 -- The order redefined, c.1420-1500 -- Chapter 4: Land and Livelihood -- The outlying estates -- The Burton Lazars demesne -- The St Giles's demesne -- Relations with tenants -- Industrial activity and milling -- Difficulties and responses -- Chapter 5: Care and Community -- Medieval lepers and leprosy -- Burton Lazars: leprosarium or preceptory? -- The daughter houses -- St Giles's, Holborn, and Holy Innocents', Lincoln -- Provision for the poor -- Chapter 6: Privileges, pardons and parishes -- Spiritual privileges -- Alms gathering -- Indulgences -- The confraternity -- Support from the laity -- Parish churches -- Appropriation of tithes -- The importance of spiritual income -- The provision of clergy -- Parochial life -- Parish church architecture -- Chapter 7: Dissolution and Dispersal -- The order under the Tudors, 1485-1526 -- Sir Thomas Ratcliffe, 1526-1537 -- Sir Thomas Legh, 1537-1544 -- Redistribution of property -- The archaeology of Burton Lazars -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Masters-General of the Order of St. Lazarus, Masters of Burton Lazars and its daughter houses. Appendix 2: Letters of Confraternity and Indulgence -- Appendix 3: The Valor Ecclesiasticus (1535) -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Boydell & Brewer
• Publication Date: 2003
• Copyright Date: 2002
• Extent: 1 online resource (342 pages)
• Subjects: 271.791042 658.82 942.65; History; Hospitalers; Hospitalers -- England -- History; Military religious orders; Military religious orders -- England -- History; Orders of knighthood and chivalry; Orders of knighthood and chivalry -- England -- History; Sales promotion; History; Hospitalers; Military religious orders; Orders of knighthood and chivalry; Sales promotion; England; History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781846151026; 1846151023
• Related ISBNs: 9780851158938
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