Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Maps
- Genealogies
- Glossary
- Prologue
- 1 The sources for Baldwin IV's reign
- 2 Baldwin's childhood
- 3 The kingdom
- 4 The international status of the kingdom
- 5 The king's minority
- 6 Western aid. William of Montferrat and Philip of Flanders
- 7 The victor of Mont Gisard
- 8 Prince Reynald's initiative
- 9 The dying king
- 10 The heirs of the leper king
- Epilogue
- Appendix An evaluation of the leprosy of King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem in the context of the medieval world
- Bibliography
- Index
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2015
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Maps
- Genealogies
- Glossary
- Prologue
- 1 The sources for Baldwin IV's reign
- 2 Baldwin's childhood
- 3 The kingdom
- 4 The international status of the kingdom
- 5 The king's minority
- 6 Western aid. William of Montferrat and Philip of Flanders
- 7 The victor of Mont Gisard
- 8 Prince Reynald's initiative
- 9 The dying king
- 10 The heirs of the leper king
- Epilogue
- Appendix An evaluation of the leprosy of King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem in the context of the medieval world
- Bibliography
- Index
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- The Leper King and his HeirsBaldwin IV and the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, pp. xxiv - xxviPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2000