History of flagellation among different antions.
By: 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 ...
Contributors: Boileau, Jacques, 1635-1716.
Publisher: Medical publishing co.
Published: 1903
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 118
Subjects: Flagellation.
Notes: "The present brief treatise is a reprint of a book published some years ago ... The work is anonymous, both as to author and publisher. According to the unknown author's preface the facts are taken from 'Historia flagellantium," by the Abbe Jacobus Boileau."--Publisher's preface.