The Healing Practices of the Knights Templar and Hospitaller

Plants, Charms, and Amulets of the Healers of the Crusades

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<b>A detailed exploration of the remedies and methods used by the healers who journeyed along with the Crusading knights</b><br><br>• Presents a traditional “cure-all” or leechbook of the ailments the Crusaders would have encountered and the remedies their mediciners would have employed, including recipes for many cures and instructions <br><br>• Includes a comprehensive herbal, listing all the medicinal plants and materials needed to make the remedies, potions, elixirs, and unctions of the cure-all <br><br>• Details the author’s travels in the steps of the Crusader physicians where he met with healers still employing the mediciners’ practices <br><br>During the Crusades, chivalric knightly orders, such as the Knights Templar and the Knights Hospitaller, brought along monastic mediciners to treat the sick and wounded. These mediciners not only employed the leading cures of medieval Europe but also learned new methods from the local folk-healers and Arabic healing traditions they encountered on their journeys. <br><br>Presenting a traditional “cure-all” or leechbook of the Crusader physicians, Jon Hughes shares a comprehensive encyclopedia of the ailments the Crusaders would have encountered and the remedies their mediciners would have employed. He details recipes for many cures and a range of magico-medical applications such as charms, spells, enchantments, and amulets used to address the new illnesses of strange and foreign lands. He includes a detailed and comprehensive herbal, listing all the plants and materials needed to make and administer the remedies of the cure-all. He also details his travels in the steps of the Crusader physicians throughout Poland, the Czech Republic, Malta, Morocco, and the island of Rhodes where he met with healers still following this healing path who shared their practices with him.<br><br>Revealing how the healers of the Crusades helped elevate Western medical knowledge through the integration of wisdom from their Middle Eastern cou

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781644113301

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

226 x 151 x 24 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Verlag / Hersteller

Inner Traditions Bear and Company