Leper hospitals in medieval Ireland
Subtitle: with a short account of the Military and Hospitaller Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem
By: Gerard A. Lee.
Publisher: Four Courts Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Blackrock, Co. Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 72
Subjects: Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem.; Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem.; Leprosy -- Hospitals -- Ireland -- History.; Hospitals -- Ireland -- History.; Medicine, Medieval -- Ireland.
Description: The first general and accessible work on the subject, this book consists inter alia of an introduction giving a short history of leprosy within the contemporary understanding of the term; leprosy in Ireland; leprosy and its patron saints; leper houses and placenames; the lazar-house in literature; leprosy in art; and St. Lazarus in art.

Central to the book are annotated lists of leper houses in medieval Ireland under the heading of province, county and parish with a short history of the hospitals where it is available from records or other written sources. A brief account of the order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem is included. This was one of the most important orders of chivalry in medieval Europe and, as a hospitaller order it administered leper hospitals in the Holy Land and in Europe. It continues to work in this field.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.