Illness and inclusion: Mobility histories of adolescents with leprosy from Anglo‐Scandinavian Norwich (Eastern England)

Leprosy is one of the most notorious diseases in history, widely associated with social stigma and exclusion. This study builds on previous work to reevaluate medicohistorical evidence for relation leprosy. achieved by isotopic palaeopathological analyses adolescent skeletons (10–25 years old) from Anglo-Scandinavian (10th–11th centuries AD) parish cemetery St. John at Castle Gate Norwich (Eastern England/East Anglia). Core enamel samples premolar molar teeth 10 young individuals diagnostic lesions leprosy were selected radiogenic strontium (87Sr/86Sr) oxygen (δ18O) stable isotope analyses. Isotope data did not exclude anyone regional range. Palaeopathological archaeological contexts suggest that those visible signs buried their local community a normative manner, thus challenging notion exclusion experienced people throughout Medieval Period. underscores importance bioarchaeological broad narratives.