Leprosy
Gone Medieval
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The Early Evidence for Leprosy in England
There is possibly evidence in the prehistoric period, but firmer evidence arisenwhn we get to the early mediaeval period. There has been some recent work an a place called great chesterford in essex where leprosy has been found in an individual burial there. So it seems that when we get into the tenth eleventh century, lepasy is picking up and becoming more noticeo our cluscal record. And if we just go back to the focusing on england, as we talked about some of these international cases, do you know what the earliest evidence we have for leprosy in england is? But in general, do we know from any of those early
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