Le sang des flagellants - article ; n°27 ; vol.13, pg 51-58

Anne Autissier

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Médiévales - Année 1994 - Volume 13 - Numéro 27 - Pages 51-58
The Blood of die Flagellants - In 1349, to avert the Black Death, penitents walked in procession while flagellating themselves to « appease the wrath of God », notably in the imperial countries near the Marches of the northeastern kingdom of France and in Flanders. They were condemned by the Church, who deemed that the flagellants were investing the blood they spilled with a miraculous significance. Surprisingly, the documents left by the penitents themselves do not mention this condemnation. Yet the Church constituted a dossier of proscription rendered effective by a papal bull which resulted in the disappearance of the flagellant movement.
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Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.

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• Publié par: MEDIEVALES
• Publié le: 01 janvier 1994
• Nombre de lectures: 41
• Langue: Français

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Madame Anne Autissier

Le sang des flagellants

In: Médiévales, N°27, 1994. pp. 51-58.

Abstract

The Blood of die Flagellants - In 1349, to avert the Black Death, penitents walked in procession while flagellating themselves to «

appease the wrath of God », notably in the imperial countries near the Marches of the northeastern kingdom of France and in

Flanders. They were condemned by the Church, who deemed that the flagellants were investing the blood they spilled with a

miraculous significance. Surprisingly, the documents left by the penitents themselves do not mention this condemnation. Yet the

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Citer ce document / Cite this document :

Autissier Anne. Le sang des flagellants. In: Médiévales, N°27, 1994. pp. 51-58.

doi : 10.3406/medi.1994.1310

http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/medi_0751-2708_1994_num_13_27_1310