Post by Zadkiel on May 17, 2016 11:36:08 GMT
The truth is that King Robert 1 of Scotland (aka Robert the Bruce) did not have leprosy at all.
The propaganda machine was working against him and the worst thing that you could have said about someone in those times is that he had leprosy.
If he did have leprosy, he would not have been able to be in the company of more than 15 people at a time. He would not have been able to attend mass, which he did regularly, he also would not have been able to drink from local wells, which he also regularly did.
It is true that King Robert's father had and died of the disease, but the king himself died peacefully in his bed in modern Renton, medieval Cardross, at the age of 54, due to an illness.
The propaganda machine was working against him and the worst thing that you could have said about someone in those times is that he had leprosy.
If he did have leprosy, he would not have been able to be in the company of more than 15 people at a time. He would not have been able to attend mass, which he did regularly, he also would not have been able to drink from local wells, which he also regularly did.
It is true that King Robert's father had and died of the disease, but the king himself died peacefully in his bed in modern Renton, medieval Cardross, at the age of 54, due to an illness.
