and civilians is extremely common, flagellation has become one of the most common forms of torture. Flagellation is used by both the Free Syrian Army...

practiced self-flagellation include Martin Luther, the Protestant Reformer, and Congregationalist writer Sarah Osborn, who practiced self-flagellation in order...

A flagellate is a cell or organism with one or more whip-like appendages called flagella. The word flagellate also describes a particular construction...

between these two subjects, and between Christ at the Column and a Flagellation. Flagellation at the hands of the Romans is mentioned in three of the four canonical...

Kenneth Clark called The Flagellation "the greatest small painting in the world". The theme of the picture is the Flagellation of Christ by the Romans...

The Flagellation of Christ is a scene from the Passion of Christ. Apart from many depictions in scenes in larger Passion cycles, Flagellation of Christ...

is the self-flagellation of participants to the rhythm of Karbala elegies. Rooted in ancient Arab practices, mild forms of self-flagellation, striking one's...

The Church of the Flagellation is a Roman Catholic church and Christian pilgrimage site located in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, near...

Amalia of Jesus Flagellated MJC (22 July 1901 – 18 April 1977), born Amalia Aguirre Queija, was a Catholic religious sister and mystic. She was co-founder...

erotic flagellation is found in the Etruscan Tomb of the Whipping from the fifth century BC, named after its depictions of eroticized flagellation. Another...