Laura Malpass’s Reviews > The Leper King and his Heirs: Baldwin IV and the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem > Status Update

Chapter 9

Moved to chapter 7

Goes into reynald of chatillon

Talks more about reynald of chatillon
Talks more about Baldwin and his illness, but how he still went to war anyway.

It goes more into baldwin’s mother, describing her. Then Raymond of Tripoli.
Baldwin’s leprosy started getting worse as he got older and it got more obvious he had it. It started scaring the servants and maids with his face.

talked some more about saladin and before baldwin’s reign

There was also trading involved between the Franks and Muslims. Silk, cane sugar, etc. It mentions a lot about the background of the kingdom and Baldwin’s family. But I haven’t read a lot about Baldwin himself. I know there aren’t a lot of records based on him but I’d like to have a more deeper dive on him himself instead of his family and the kingdom during his reign.