Woodblock engraving depicting members of the sect of Flagellants scourging themselves At the time of the Black Death in Europe members of the sect...
{"Image ImageDescription": "Woodblock engraving depicting members of the sect of Flagellants scourging themselves. At the time of the Black Death in Europe, members of the sect went through the streets whipping themselves in an attempt to make retribution to God for their sins of the people and so save the population from God's anger manifested in the form of plague. Dated 15th century. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)"}