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Preferred term

Flagellants  

Definition

  • Christians who practiced public flagellation as a penance; while self-flagellation is an ancient form of religious expression, as a movement it began ca.1260 in Italy and spread across the Alps to Germany, Bohemia and Poland; died down late 13th c., with occasional reappearances since; prohibited by Pope Clement V, 1349; today thought to be practiced in secret

Entry terms

  • Battuti, flagellants
  • Disciplinati
  • Flagellation, movement
  • Scopatori
  • Verberatori

Notation

  • 119329

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-PT34WNV9-5

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