Leprosy and Charity in Medieval Rouen

An investigation into the effects of leprosy in one of the major towns in medieval France, illuminating urban, religious and medical culture at the time.

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 city in the realm of the Capetian and Valois kings...