At 15:41 05/10/98 +0000, you wrote:
>Several years ago I read an article in *Franciscan Studies* (Ithink it was),
>suggesting that Francis died of leprosy. Now a current item in *Mediaeval
>Studies* argues that Margery Kempe had a neurological complaint. The fashion
>for medicalizing medieval figures goes on.
For what it's worth, it has been suggested that Abelard died of Hodgkins'
Disease, which is a form of Lymphoma.
Bill.
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