This was a form of witchcraft to lure away the bacteria.
Christians believed the black death was a punishment from god so the flagallant movement during the time of the black death was when people would offer bodily penance to god by whipping themselves in attempt to rid themselves of the black death.
They wiped themselves and tortured eachother.
They wiped themselves and tortured eachother.
Black death struck in Africa, Asia, and Europe.
The black death was a big turning point for Europe because of everything that had gone on during the black plague. After the black death people saw how terribly they wee living and disided to change it and now that have become much more cleaner and cautios.
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"...
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The people who whipped themselves were called Flagellants. They whipped themselves because they believed the plague was a punishment from god and to forgive themselves they must encounter pain.
Keep clean and stay away from people.
Nobody died, but a couple people were thought to have killed themselves!
church controlled most of the Europe and their kings. Black Death changed people's faith.