This special edition of History of Flagellation Among Different Nations: Strange Customs and Cruelties of the Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, Etc., was written by Jaques Boileau, and first published in 1888, making it 130 years old. This antiquarian text features a fascinating insight into the practice of flagellation among various nations and cultures, including Christians, Egyptians, the Romans, Greeks.
This old book is an absolute must-have for all those interested in world history in general, and in corporal punishment, and the darker side of religion in particular.
NOTE: This book is a reprint edition and is a perfect facsimile of the original book. It is not set in a modern typeface and has not been digitally enhanced. As a result, some characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections, blurring, or minor shadows in the page background.
This book appears exactly as it did when it was first printed. At 'Black Books' we do not use OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology to transcribe books from scanned images or other forms of text - this usually results in everything from strange characters to gibberish. We believe that reading an old book, exactly as it was, is the most satisfying way to read it.
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