Sunday, October 19, 2008

Wikipedia Article

1) This article consisted if 1,468 words.
2) I searched with the words The Flagellants. The wikipedia article i was searched was under the title Flagellant.
3)There was no disambiguation.
4) The discussion board was made up of only one post and at the begginning of the post there was a note that it was an article included in a christian group wiki page. The article was titled "Flagellant Anti Semitism.
5) There were approximately 150 chnges made to this page. From June 23rd 2003, to September 18 2008.
6) There was only one external likn given.
7)Two references were present on the page.
8) There were 8 enteries under further reading, one including my favorite, but maybe not that resourceful, Monty Python and the Holy Grail!

Summary: As you can see i i have already made a post about the Flagellants, but thats only becuase i find them so interesting. As i read through the article some things that really stuck out to me was that this was not banned until January of 1261 by the pope, also history tells a story tht in Germany flagellants claimed to resurrect a past emporer. I also learned about other forms of flagellants, such aas the White Pentitents, who sang hymns to the save themselves.

There were rulers like Catharine de Mendici and Henry III of france who supported the Flagellants. Something that stunned me is that there are modern day flaggelants still practicng today. The article stated that most were living in Mediterranean Catholic countries. The flagellants were also present in other religions, but the article didn't state them specifically.

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