History of Flagellation Among Different Nations
by Jacques Boileau
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About this eBook
- Contributor
- Boileau, Jacques, 1635-1716
- Title
- History of flagellation among different nations : A narrative of the strange customs and cruelties of the Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, etc., with an account of its practice among the early Christians as a religious stimulant and corrector of morals. Also anecdotes of remarkable cases of flogging, and of celebrated flagellants
- Original Publication
- New York: Medical Pub. Co., 1924.
- Credits
- Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- HV: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare
- Subject
- Flagellation
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 79361
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79361
- Release Date
- August 13, 2026
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.HISTORY —OF— FLAGELLATION AMONG DIFFERENT NATIONS. A NARRATIVE OF THE STRANGE CUSTOMS AND CRUELTIES OF THE Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, Etc. WITH AN ACCOUNT OF ITS PRACTICE AMONG THE EARLY CHRISTIANS AS A RELIGIOUS STIMULANT AND CORRECTOR OF MORALS. ALSO ANECDOTES OF REMARKABLE CASES OF FLOGGING AND OF CELEBRATED FLAGELLANTS . WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS.
- 2.PREFACE.
- 3.PUBLISHER’S PREFACE.
- 4.CONTENTS
- 5.Chap. I. — The use of Flagellations known among the ancient heathens. — Flagellation Customs.—The Romans. — Roman Gallants Punished by Flagellation. — Anecdotes of Ancient Schoolmasters.
- 6.Chap. II. — Flagellations of a religious and voluntary kind were practised among the ancient heathens. — Voluntary Flagellations among the Egyptians, Syrians, and Romans.
- 7.Chap. III. — The practice of scourging one’s self unknown to the early Christians. — Flagellation Bestowed by the Devil.
- 8.Chap. IV. — Corrections of a flagellatory kind, inflicted by force; the common method of correcting offences of a religious nature; and the power of inflicting them possessed alike by Bishops and the heads of Monasteries.
- 9.Chap. V. — Discretionary power of employing disciplines, established in the convents of Nuns, and lodged in the hands of the Abbesses and Prioresses. — The Methods of Self Mortification as appears to have been Practised in Early Times. — Flagellation of Sovereigns and Great Men. — Lady Flagellants.
- 10.Chap. VI. — Confessors assume to themselves a kind of flagellatory power over their Penitents. — Cadiere Case. — Zachary Crofton.
- 11.Chap. VII. — The Church at large claims the power of publicly inflicting the discipline of Flagellation. Instances of Kings and Princes who have submitted to it.
- 12.Chap. VIII. — A remarkable instance of flagellation performed in honour of the Virgin Mary. — Another Story of a Female Saint appeased by a Flagellation.
- 13.Chap. IX. — Formation of the Public Processions of Flagellants. Different success they met with in different countries.
- 14.ANECDOTES. — Fulk, the Traitor. — Anabaptists. — The Boston Magistrates and the Captain. — Lady Liancourt. — The Biter Bit. — The Chinese. — The Arabian Tales.
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