The acts of the Flagellants were self destrctive and believed to "cure" the bad things that were happening. They believed they were suffereing for a reason and for that they would hurt themselves. In the beginning it wa a form of penenace for the church, but obviously turned into something much more extreme. The movement did not have any clear leaders. The flaggelants took self-mortification into the cities as to display a demostration of piety. The peak of this movement was during the black plague. These people wore white robes and lived in camps usually lying just outside city borders. They held these horrendous acts twice a day.
I also read that in the beginning the catholic church tolerated the flaggelants, but as they grew much more extreme, by the 14th century approximately, they became much less tolerant. I found it very interesting that these people could be so deranged as to believe that they acts were going to put them in gods good graces.
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Yes i agree with you, I do not understand why people used to think that by hurting themselves they would get God's forgiveness. If there is a God, i don't think he would've liked to see the people he loves hurting themselves. The church imposed religion in such a strict and harsh way that people felt the need of hurting themselves everytime they commited a sin, even if it was small. What do you think that would happen if a Flagellant movement started nowadays?
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