Timothy S. Miller is Professor Emeritus of History at Salisbury University. He is the author of The Birth of the Hospital in the Byzantine Empire and The Orphans of Byzantium. John W. Nesbitt has retired as Research Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks. He is coauthor of The Miracles of St. Artemios and editor of Byzantine Authors. Miller and Nesbitt are coeditors of Peace and War in the Byzantium.

A very readable introduction to a fascinating subject and a valuable example of the importance of studying the Byzantine origins of medieval institutions.(Church History) This is a compact, accessible study, which delivers on its promise to bring the insights provided by studies of late antique Greek leprosy to bear on medieval Latin ones.(History of Religions) A welcome resource for the teaching of medieval leprosy, a fraught and fascinating topic in undergraduate classrooms. Walking Corpses both expands the field of study and shows directions in which this necessary endeavor can be continued.(Comitatus)

Timothy S. Miller is Professor Emeritus of History at Salisbury University. He is the author of The Birth of the Hospital in the Byzantine Empire and The Orphans of Byzantium. John W. Nesbitt has retired as Research Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks. He is coauthor of The Miracles of St. Artemios and editor of Byzantine Authors. Miller and Nesbitt are coeditors of Peace and War in the Byzantium.

A very readable introduction to a fascinating subject and a valuable example of the importance of studying the Byzantine origins of medieval institutions.(Church History) This is a compact, accessible study, which delivers on its promise to bring the insights provided by studies of late antique Greek leprosy to bear on medieval Latin ones.(History of Religions) A welcome resource for the teaching of medieval leprosy, a fraught and fascinating topic in undergraduate classrooms. Walking Corpses both expands the field of study and shows directions in which this necessary endeavor can be continued.(Comitatus)

Timothy S. Miller is Professor Emeritus of History at Salisbury University. He is the author of The Birth of the Hospital in the Byzantine Empire and The Orphans of Byzantium. John W. Nesbitt has retired as Research Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks. He is coauthor of The Miracles of St. Artemios and editor of Byzantine Authors. Miller and Nesbitt are coeditors of Peace and War in the Byzantium.

A very readable introduction to a fascinating subject and a valuable example of the importance of studying the Byzantine origins of medieval institutions.(Church History) This is a compact, accessible study, which delivers on its promise to bring the insights provided by studies of late antique Greek leprosy to bear on medieval Latin ones.(History of Religions) A welcome resource for the teaching of medieval leprosy, a fraught and fascinating topic in undergraduate classrooms. Walking Corpses both expands the field of study and shows directions in which this necessary endeavor can be continued.(Comitatus)