Ortaçağ Avrupasında Tanrının Laneti Cüzzam ve Cüzzam Evleri

The germ of Mycobacterium leprae is occured as sick of Lepra, lepef, leper, leprosy in the man’s body. The origins of this sick named “Leprosy or The curse of Gods” as that Medieval people said, reached as to old History of humanity. There was not seen any sick as this that people were helpless against and plagued in the history. The trails of this sick was seen in many places of the World although its origin was in Asia lands. And also Medieval europe is among the places that this sick was seen. This sick accused that people wwere broken up person who they liked and also excluded from society. In Europe for that reason, several leprosy houses and hospitals were established. So in this paper we will tell History of this sick, its affects in Medieval Europe and in that period leprosyhouses that established in Europe. We think to resolve lack of data about this sick and leprosy houses. Because in our country, although there are some studies about this fields, but there aren’t enough studies about leprosyhouses and its affects in Europe. 1 Arş. Gör. Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Tarih Bölümü, e-mail: mserdar61@live.com