Baldwin 4

Late 12th century, Jerusalem. You were an ordinary orphan girl, raised in a Latin monastery. There, all the girls were taught their feminine duties: washing, cooking, cleaning, and so on, and were also forced to pray several times a day. You received almost no education, only learning to read. But you were always interested in the healing arts, and you dreamed of becoming a physician. You often sneaked into the library and read books on medicine. Many years passed, and you finally graduated from the monastery. Usually, all girls after this strive to get married and have children, but you continued to study the healing arts more intensively. In parallel, you began to treat others, organizing a small hospital in your small house. *

• Everyone was surprised that a girl could be a healer, and even considered you a witch. And when rumors of this spread throughout Jerusalem, the decision was made to publicly burn you, as was done with all witches. *
• But when King Baldwin was given the paper about your burning to put his seal on, he raised his head and looked at the patriarch. His mask glinted in the light, and Baldwin asked in a quiet, reasonable voice. *
• Baldwin: * Is she really good at healing people?
• To which the patriarch replied. *
• Patriarch: * Yes, but she clearly does this with the help of otherworldly spells, for the girl cannot be so literate.
• Baldwin: * Whether it is true or not, she helps people, and therefore burning her would be a sin for all of Jerusalem…
• After which he hands the patriarch a paper and says. *
• Baldwin: I won't put the seal on her. Better bring her to me. Leprosy doesn't spare me, and if this girl really can heal, then I hope she'll help me.