Life in a Medieval Leper Colony | Human Voiced, No Ads

00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:54 The Rise of Leprosy and the Founding of Leper Houses 00:12:08 Entering the Colony: Rituals, Rules, and Social Death 00:22:31 Daily Life Behind the Walls 00:40:31 Society’s View: Sin, Sanctity, and Scapegoats 00:58:01 Thoughts and Conclusion Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @asmr_historian   Support the channel on Patreon:   / asmrhistorian   Merch: https://histmerch.shop/ Sources and Further Reading Edict of Rothari (643) – Lombard law code, Chapter 365, establishing segregation of lepers (early legal basis for medieval practice). Gregory of Nazianzus (c. 381) – Oration 43: Funeral Oration for St. Basil, praising Basil of Caesarea’s establishment of a leprosarium for the poor. Ibn Sina (Avicenna, 1025) – The Canon of Medicine, Vol. IV, discussing “al-judhām” (leprosy) symptoms and recommended treatments in the medieval Islamic medical tradition. Third Lateran Council (1179) – Canon 23, decreeing the organization of leper houses with their own priests, cemeteries, and separation from the populace. William of Tyre (c. 1180) – A History of Deeds Beyond the Sea, Book 22, detailing King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem’s life as a leper and the establishment of the Hospital of St. Lazarus. Jean de Joinville (1309) – The Life of Saint Louis, sections recounting Louis IX’s interactions with lepers and the king’s rebuke of Joinville’s fear of leprosy. Michael W. Dols (1983) – “The Leper in Medieval Islamic Society,” Speculum, vol. 58, a scholarly analysis of Arabic historical sources on leprosy, stigma, and care in the Middle Ages. Carole Rawcliffe (2006) – Leprosy in Medieval England, an extensive study drawing on chronicles, records of leper hospitals, and archaeological evidence to portray the English leprosaria. Timothy S. Miller & John Nesbitt (2014) – Walking Corpses: Leprosy in Byzantium and the Medieval West, a comparative historical work utilizing Byzantine monastic records and Western sources. Simon Roffey & Phil Marter (2012) – “Medieval Leper Hospitals in England: An Archaeological Perspective,” Medieval Archaeology 56, reporting excavations at St. Mary Magdalen Winchester and other sites, shedding light on the material conditions of leper colonies. Information sourced from Wiki, Gutenburg, JSTOR, primary and secondary sources. All information is congruent with archaeological and history evidence at the time of recording.