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Cover 1 Half Title 5 Title 7 Copyright 8 Dedication 9 Contents 11 Illustrations 12 Acknowledgements 13 Abbreviations 15 Glossary 26 Prologue 29 CHAPTER I The sources for Baldwin IV’s reign 34 LATIN AND OLD FRENCH SOURCES 34 Narrative accounts 34 Records 41 Legal treatises 43 Miscellaneous sources 44 ARABIC SOURCES 44 Islamic 44 Christian 47 SYRIAC SOURCES 47 ARMENIAN SOURCES 48 BYZANTINE SOURCES 48 HEBREW SOURCES 49 NON-LITERARY SOURCES 50 CHAPTER 2 Baldwin’s childhood 51 CHAPTER 3 The kingdom 72 CHAPTER 4 The international status of the kingdom 91 CHAPTER 5 The king’s minority 112 CHAPTER 6 Western aid. William of Montferrat and Philip of Flanders 137 CHAPTER 7 The victor of Mont Gisard 160 CHAPTER 8 Prince Reynald’s initiative 187 CHAPTER 9 The dying king 214 CHAPTER 10 The heirs of the leper king 239 Epilogue 263 APPENDIX: An evaluation of the leprosy of King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem in the context of the medieval world 273 INTRODUCTION 273 THE BASICS OF LEPROSY 275 THE COURSE OF KING BALDWIN’S DISEASE 277 TREATMENT OF LEPROSY IN THE CRUSADER STATES 281 SUMMARY 286 Bibliography 287 PRIMARY SOURCES 287 SECONDARY WORKS 293 Index 308

Author

BERNARD HAMILTON

Published

2005

Language

EN

Rating

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Updated

2026-03-14