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Ashbee lists: [1] [3] Heinrich Meibom, De Flagorum Usu in re Medica et Venera (A Treatise on the Use of Flogging in Venereal Affairs, 1638) [4] [5] [6]; Exhibition of Female Flagellants: [7] [8] describing flagellation, mainly of women by women, [9] [10] described in a theatrical, fetishistic style
Birching in a women's prison, US (c. 1890) 1839 caricature by George Cruikshank of a school flogging Edmund Bonner punishing a heretic in Foxe's Book of Martyrs (1563) It was the most common school and judicial punishment in Europe up to the mid-19th century, when caning gained increasing popularity.
Flagellation (Latin flagellum, 'whip'), flogging or whipping is the act of beating the human body with special implements such as whips, rods, switches, the cat o' nine tails, the sjambok, the knout, etc. Typically, flogging has been imposed on an unwilling subject as a punishment; however, it can also be submitted to willingly and even done by ...
Corporal punishment was practised in Egypt, China, Greece, and Rome in order to maintain judicial and educational discipline. [11] Disfigured Egyptian criminals were exiled to Tjaru and Rhinocorura on the Sinai border, a region whose name meant "cut-off noses." Corporal punishment was prescribed in ancient Israel, but it was limited to 40 ...
Human branding or stigmatizing is the process by which a mark, usually a symbol or ornamental pattern, is burned into the skin of a living person, with the intention of the resulting scar making it permanent.
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The Berkley Horse. Theresa Berkley ran a high-class flagellation brothel at 28 Charlotte Street [1] (which is today's 84–94 Hallam Street). [2] She was a "governess", meaning she specialised in chastisement, whipping, flagellation, and the like. [3]
32. Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017) Director: Dan Gilroy Cast: Colin Farrell, Carmen Ejogo, Shelley Hennig, Lynda Gravatt Rating: PG-13 Run Time: 122 minutes Reviews: Rotten Tomatoes 55% | IMDb 6.5 ...