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

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.

PREFACE.

PUBLISHER’S PREFACE.

Chap. I.—The use of Flagellations known among the ancient heathens.

Chap. II.—Flagellations of a religious and voluntary kind were practised among the ancient heathens.

Chap. III.—The practice of scourging one’s self unknown to the early Christians.

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.

Chap. V.—Discretionary power of employing disciplines, established in the convents of Nuns, and lodged in the hands of the Abbesses and Prioresses.

Chap. VI.—Confessors assume to themselves a kind of flagellatory power over their Penitents.

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.