Published October 13, 2025 | Version v2

Description of scurvy on the Seventh Crusade by Jean de Joinville (1249)

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This is Chapter VII of the book “Saint Louis, King of France” by Jean de Joinville.

Joinville’s text is one of the very earliest unambiguous descriptions of scurvy.

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