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A Procession of Flagellants was created in 1819.
Exhibition of Female Flagellants was created in 1830.
They appeared at the time of the Black Death which people thought was the wrath of God. The flagellants wandered the country whipping themselves to placate the Almighty, not realising that in the process they were helping to spread the plague.
Flagellants are practitioners of an extreme form of mortification of their own flesh by whipping it with various instruments.
The Flagellants were a group of people who traveled from town to town for 33.3 days, publicly scourging themselves with strips of leather tipped with iron spikes as a punishment for the world's sins. They hoped that this would please God to bring peace and good health instead of the suffering caused by the Black Death. The Pope banned the Flagellants because he feared that the movement would lead to a revolution, as the Flagellants blamed the Church for the wickedness of the plague.
There is a plural noun "flagellants" (self-whippers). The word sought may instead be "flatulence" (releasing gas anally).
Flagellants were people who travelled about whipping each other. They believed that the Black Death was God's punishment. They punished themselfs in order to beg for forgiveness and travelled around, singing hymns and saying prayers
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Flagellants were religious zealots during the black death outbreak. They believed by "hitting" themselves with whips or other objects they could repent for sin's and God would protect them from the black death. They also attacked Jews and other non-christians. Many historians call them the "rock stars" of the middle ages. They traveled from village to village beating themselves for the villagers. After the "performance" they would then "party"...
The Flagellants were a religious order that practiced self-flagellation, a form of physical abuse involving whipping oneself as a form of penance for sins. Flagellants believed this extreme act would help purify their souls and bring about repentance.
Flagellants got their names from Latin, which means "to whip."
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