Treating leprosy
Posted by
Carly Hilts
There were over 300 leper hospitals in Medieval England. Mostly founded between the 12th and 13th centuries, they amounted to nearly a quarter of all hospitals and formed a key element of the social and religious landscape of the Middle Ages. Yet despite a wealth of major historical works on leprosy, comparatively little archaeology has been undertaken on leper hospitals. Excavations at St Mary Magdalen,Winchester, are seeking to readdress the balance with some of the most extensive investigations of a Medieval leper hospital.
https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/features/treating-leprosy.htm
