HSTAM 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Leprosy, Leper Colony, Philip Ii Of France
15 May 2017
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Rise of misogyny coincides w persecution of jews, heretics, lepers, homosexuals (sodomites male homosexuals), prostitutes: continues into early modern era, all of these groups targeted by the church. Church begins defining itself and asserting its power (beginning w first crusade 1095) Church identifies and defines outsiders, who don"t belong. 1198 jews allowed to return for a fee: so that the economy not ruined from absence of jewish bankers, this cycle of expulsion and re-admittance occurred repeatedly until 1394. Sin and physical appearance thought to be intimately linked. Ugly or diseased people considered sinful in their moral state. Leprosy considered a blessing that god was being forgiving them by allowing them to suffer in current life rather than afterlife. Systematically segregated (thought to be contagious: lived in leper colonies, had to carry a bell or clapper to let people know of their presence. People would demonstrate their piety by caring for lepers + building leper houses.
