{"product_id":"the-healing-practices-of-the-knights-templar-and-hospitaller-plants-charms-and-amulets-of-the-healers-of-the-crusades-jon-g-hughes","title":"The Healing Practices of the Knights Templar and Hospitaller: Plants, Charms, and Amulets of the Healers of the Crusades - Jon G. Hughes","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA detailed exploration of the remedies and methods used by the healers who journeyed along with the Crusading Knights\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e• Presents a traditional “cure-all” or leechbook of the ailments the Crusaders would have encountered and the remedies their mediciners would have employed, including recipes for many cures and instructions\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e • Includes a comprehensive herbal, listing all the medicinal plants and materials needed to make the remedies, potions, elixirs, and unctions of the cure-all\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e • Details the author's travels in the steps of the Crusader Physicians where he met with healers still employing the mediciners' practices\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDuring 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 medics 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.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePresenting a traditional \"cure-all\" or leechbook of the Crusader physicians, Jon Hughes shares a comprehensive Encyclopedia of the ailments the Crusaders would have encountered and the remedies their mediciners would have employed. He details recipes for many cures and a range of magico-medical applications such as charms, spells, enchantments, and amulets used to address the new illnesses of strange and foreign lands. He includes a detailed and comprehensive herbal, listing all the plants and materials needed to make and administer the remedies of the cure-all. He also details his travels in the steps of the Crusader Physicians throughout Poland, the Czech Republic, Malta, Morocco, and the island of Rhodes where he met with healers still following this Healing path who shared their practices with him.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRevealing how the healers of the Crusades helped elevate Western medical knowledge through the integration of wisdom from their Middle Eastern counterparts, Hughes shows how their legacy continues through the many effective remedies and healing modalities still in use today.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jon G. Hughes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47399100088663,"sku":"9781644113301","price":30.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0613\/6735\/3557\/files\/81VvaxPkxIL._SL1500.jpg?v=1701261359","url":"https:\/\/terotpuoti.com\/en\/products\/the-healing-practices-of-the-knights-templar-and-hospitaller-plants-charms-and-amulets-of-the-healers-of-the-crusades-jon-g-hughes","provider":"Tarotpuoti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}