History of Flagellation among Different Nations: A Narrative of the Strange Customs and Cruelties of the Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, Etc., with an ... a Religious Stimulant and Corrector Of Morals

History of Flagellation among Different Nations is an anonymous nineteenth-century compilation from the works of Jacques Boileau (1635-1716) and Jean-Louis De Lolme (1740-1806). It collects together descriptions of flagellation, both punitive and voluntary, from the ancient world and from Christian experience. Its many detailed accounts provide rich material for the social historian.