The Healing Practices Of The Knights Templar And Hospitaller Jon G Hughes by Jon G. Hughes instant download after payment.

• 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
• Includes a comprehensive herbal, listing all the medicinal plants and materials needed to make the remedies, potions, elixirs, and unctions of the cure-all
• Details the author's travels in the steps of the Crusader physicians where he met with healers still employing the mediciners' practices
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.
Presenting a traditional "cure-all" or leechbook of the Crusader physicians, the author shares...