Leprosy remained the most feared disease of the Middle Ages, until the Black Death, that is. This di
Leprosy remained the most feared disease of the Middle Ages, until the Black Death, that is. This disease was rampant throughout Western Europe and leper colonies could be found everywhere. In France, alone, there were 2,000 such colonies in the 11th-13th centuries.image: Job on the Dunghill is Afflicted with Leprosy to the Dismay of His Friends; Jean FOUQUET; miniature in Hours of Étienne Chevalier; 1452-60; Musée Condé, Chantilly, France -- source link
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