THE HOSPITALLER KNIGHTS OF SAINT LAZARUSThe Hospitaller Knights of Saint Lazarus is a detailed account of the history of an Order that was originally set up in Jerusalem with the brief of furnishing succour to the sufferers of leprosy. Increasing Islamic aggression required these hospitaller monks to become also "monks of war"; and were to play a crucial role in the defense of the Holy Land and the Crusades. The order retained its existence even after the Christians were expelled from the