Flagellation - Wikipedia Flagellation took place either with a single whip or, more notoriously, with the cat o' nine tails Typically, the offender's upper half was bared and he was suspended by the wrists beneath a tripod of wooden beams (known as 'the triangle')
Flagellation | Penance, Self-Discipline Mortification | Britannica Pain-producing forms of asceticism include self-laceration, particularly castration, and flagellation (whipping), which emerged as a mass movement in Italy and Germany during the Middle Ages and is still practiced in parts of Mexico and the southwestern United States
In Defense of Flagellation - Catholic365. com Flagellation: whipping one’s back as a form of mortification or self-discipline To modern ears this conjures up images of cruel and unusual punishments – of public flogging and associations with slavery
Flagellation (Whipping) - Medieval Times Describes the act of flagellation or whipping Its use was very common in Ancient Rome, but it was stil a favorite form of punishment during the Middle Ages