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unusual facts about Flagellation



1712 Huilliche rebellion

In retrospective Huilliches considered the abuses of José de Andrade detonant of the rebellion and one of his abuses in particular: the whipping of Martín Antucan an Indian he tied to an apple tree and to then flog his genitals with nettles to be then covered in tow and set afire.

Akkadian literature

1360 BC, to Tukultī-apil-Ešarra I, ca 1076 BC, concern aspects of courtly etiquette and the severe penalties (flagellation, mutilation and execution) for flouting them.

Flagellant

Unrelated practices exist in non-Roman Catholic traditions, including actual flagellation amongst Shiites (commemorating the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali), as well as traditions such as whipping women (while spanking men) in a Taoist temple on the Chinese New Year.

John VIII Palaiologos

According to some interpretations, John VIII would be also portrayed in Piero della Francesca's Flagellation.


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