Paleopathology of the Crusades
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Mitchell, PD
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The study of disease in the past, termed palaeopathology, can involve the analysis of human skeletal remains, mummies, latrine soil, artwork, excavated medical equipment and written texts. In the areas of the Middle East where the crusades took place from 1099 to 1291, the human skeletal remains and latrines at a number of sites have been studied for evidence of disease. This paper gives an overview of the findings to date for disease in those crusaders, pilgrims, settlers and indigenous populations living within the Frankish states of the Latin East at the time of the crusades.
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Paleopathology of the Crusades
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Crusader Landscapes in the Medieval Levant: the Archaeology and History of the Latin East
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University of Wales Press
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9781783169245