LECTURE 1 "Piero della Francesca's Flagellation and the Fall of Constantinople"

Today we present a delightfully eyebrow‑raising volume: Flagellation & the Flagellants: A History of the Rod in All Countries… by the Rev. Wm. M. Cooper (published by William Reeves). Despite its serious‑sounding title, this is no dry social history — it’s a globe‑trotting, whip‑crackingly vivid survey of whipping through the ages. Cooper (a pseudonym for James Glass Bertram) doesn’t shy away from the oddest corners: there are chapters on flagellation among Jews, the Romans, Jesuits, monasteries

The Muslim celebration of Ashura took place in Oxford Street in London. Video shows the ritual of self-flagellation

The flagellation of Christ by Piero della Francesca – Art print, wall art, posters and framed art

Philippines self-flagellation ritual

Flagellation du Christ de Piero della Francesca - Reproduction d'art haut de gamme