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There are anecdotal reports of people willingly being bound or whipped, as a prelude to or substitute for sex, during the 14th century. [67] Flagellation practiced within an erotic setting has been recorded from at least the 1590s evidenced by a John Davies epigram, [ 68 ] [ 69 ] and references to "flogging schools" in Thomas Shadwell 's The ...
Christians give various reasons for choosing to self-flagellate. One of the main reasons is to emulate the suffering of Christ during his Passion. As Jesus was whipped before his crucifixion, many see whipping themselves as a way to be closer to Jesus and as a reminder of that whipping. [13]
The prime cause of the Perugia episode is unclear, but it followed an outbreak of an epidemic and chroniclers report how mania spread throughout almost all the people of the city. Thousands of citizens gathered in great processions, singing and with crosses and banners, they marched throughout the city whipping themselves.
There are anecdotal reports of people willingly being bound or whipped, as a prelude to or substitute for sex, during the 14th century. [3] Flagellation practiced within an erotic setting has been recorded from at least the 1590s, as evidenced by a John Davies epigram, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and references to "flogging schools" in Thomas Shadwell 's The ...
The law ran as follows; "the first offense [the convicted] shall stand in the pillory for one hour, and shall be publicly whipped on his, or her [bare] backs with thirty-nine lashes, well laid on, and at the same time shall have his or her ears cut off and nailed to the pillory, and for the second offense shall be whipped and pilloried in like ...
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Judicial corporal punishment is the infliction of corporal punishment as a result of a sentence imposed on an offender by a court of law, including flagellation (also called flogging or whipping), forced amputations, caning, bastinado, birching, or strapping.
A maniac allegedly pistol-whipped a female postal worker in an attempted robbery of a post office in East Harlem, the NYPD said Friday night. Cops were called to the Hellgate Station post office ...