CRUSADER HISTORY: WHO WAS KING BALDWIN IV OF JERUSALEM? A WARRIOR KING? A PEACEMAKER? WHAT FORMS OF LEPROSY DID HE SUFFER? WHAT WERE HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND MISTAKES IN HIS REIGN AS THE LEPER KING?

 

Baldwin IV(1161-1185) was the leper king of Jerusalem. He defeated Saladin multiple times and united his politically divisive vassals. How did he rule effectively despite his leprosy?

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