The Emergence and Spread of the Flagellant Movement in the Eastern Adriatic Communes during the Middle Ages until the Late Renaissance

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Titel: The Emergence and Spread of the Flagellant Movement in the Eastern Adriatic Communes during the Middle Ages until the Late Renaissance
Autoren: Zrinka Novak, Mirko Sardelić
Quelle: Povijesni prilozi. 44:7-50
Verlagsinformationen: Croatian Institute of History (Hrvatski Institut za Povijest), 2025.
Publikationsjahr: 2025
Schlagwörter: Eastern Adriatic, flagellants, confraternities, flagelanti, religious practices, 16th century, istočni Jadran, Middle Ages, bratovštine, srednji vijek, vjerske prakse, 16. stoljeće
Beschreibung: A well-known practice of self-scourging common within closed religious communities on the Apennine peninsula from the 11th century, ‘escalates’ into very emotionally charged, often hysterical processions of hundreds of flagellants across Southern and Central Europe in the 1260s. Flagellant confraternities were founded in Eastern Adriatic communes during the 13th and 14th centuries as well, but their practice was well-structured and defined in statutes, respecting the original concept of suffering as imitatio Christi. After a short introduction to the history of flagellant practice in the late Middle Ages, this paper analyses the causes for the establishment of confraternities, their economic activities, and their social and gender structure. The last three segments elaborate on the transformation of flagellant confraternities into charitable associations in the 15th and 16th centuries, analyse some visual representations, and review the remains of medieval devotion to Christ’s Passion in contemporary communes.
Publikationsart: Article
Dateibeschreibung: application/pdf
ISSN: 1848-9087
0351-9767
DOI: 10.22586/pp.v44i68.30205
Zugangs-URL: https://hrcak.srce.hr/334540
https://doi.org/10.22586/pp.v44i68.30205
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Abstract:A well-known practice of self-scourging common within closed religious communities on the Apennine peninsula from the 11th century, ‘escalates’ into very emotionally charged, often hysterical processions of hundreds of flagellants across Southern and Central Europe in the 1260s. Flagellant confraternities were founded in Eastern Adriatic communes during the 13th and 14th centuries as well, but their practice was well-structured and defined in statutes, respecting the original concept of suffering as imitatio Christi. After a short introduction to the history of flagellant practice in the late Middle Ages, this paper analyses the causes for the establishment of confraternities, their economic activities, and their social and gender structure. The last three segments elaborate on the transformation of flagellant confraternities into charitable associations in the 15th and 16th centuries, analyse some visual representations, and review the remains of medieval devotion to Christ’s Passion in contemporary communes.
ISSN:18489087
03519767
DOI:10.22586/pp.v44i68.30205