The Healing Practices of the Knights Templar and Hospitaller: Plants, Charms, and Amulets of the Healers of the Crusades

This book delves into the remedies and methods used by Crusading knights’ healers. It presents a traditional “cure-all” leechbook of ailments and remedies, including recipes and instructions. The book also includes a herbal listing of medicinal plants and materials needed for the remedies. Additionally, it details the author’s travels with Crusader physicians, where he met healers still using 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.

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