Laura Malpass’s Reviews > The Leper King and his Heirs: Baldwin IV and the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem > Status Update
Laura Malpass
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Talks more about reynald of chatillon
Talks more about Baldwin and his illness, but how he still went to war anyway.
— Jan 12, 2026 04:13AM
Talks more about Baldwin and his illness, but how he still went to war anyway.
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Laura Malpass
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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.
— Jan 08, 2026 07:48AM
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.
Laura Malpass
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talked some more about saladin and before baldwin’s reign
— Jan 01, 2026 09:13AM
Laura Malpass
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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.
— Dec 28, 2025 05:58AM
