Yes he was, is a politician who can whip up an audience into a frenzy.
They simply introduced whip behind the cross.
I don't think they have a way of protecting themselves. They are usually eaten by whales anyways and there isn't much protection from a whale if you are as small as krill. They can protect themselves but not against whales. They protect themselves by traveling in large numbers.
The mongol people prided themselves on their skill on horseback, their discipline, their ruthlessness, and their courage in battle.
A Blockaeltester was a Kapo (trusted prisoner) in charge of a hut ('barrack') of prisoners. He had considerable power: he distributed the food, had a room of his own and usually had the right to whip anyone who disobeyed him ...
Flagellate - to whip, flog
Flagellants got their names from Latin, which means "to whip."
A group known as the Flagellants would whip themselves to rid themselves and ward off the plague. They believed that by whipping themselves they were showing God how sorry they were for their sins and that he would forgive them and prevent them from contracting the deadly disease.
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.
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.
i just learned this in history yesterday they where the magellans or something like this it means whip in a different language ANSWER: They were called "flagellants."
A Procession of Flagellants was created in 1819.
Once flagellants reach the town square of a village, they would most likely engage in public acts of self-flagellation, where they whip themselves as a form of penance or to seek God's forgiveness. They might also engage in solemn prayers or deliver religious sermons to gather attention and urge others to repent. Generally, their behavior would be dramatic and focused on their religious beliefs and practices.
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.
Exhibition of Female Flagellants was created in 1830.
Flagellants are practitioners of an extreme form of mortification of their own flesh by whipping it with various instruments.
You are probably referring to the 'Flagellants' who, whipped themselves in an attempt to gain God's favour or mercy.