The Living Death of King Baldwin IV: What History Hid Behind The Mask

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Picture this. You are standing in an open grave. A priest towers over you, shovel in hand. He isn't burying a corpse; he is burying you. He throws a handful of dirt into your face and recites the Separatio Leprosorum, the Mass of Separation. You are dead to the world, he chants, and alive only to God. This was the brutal legal reality for lepers in... Read More