A Flagellantism

Flagellantism was a 14th-century movement, consisting of radicals in the Catholic Church. It began as a militant <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim" title="Pilgrim" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">pilgrimage</a> and was later condemned by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">Catholic Church</a> as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heresy" title="Heresy" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">heretical</a>. The followers were noted for including public flagellation in their rituals. This was a common practice during the Black Death, or the Great Plague. They did this because they thought harming themselves would make God have pity on them, and that they would not get the disease, and if they already had it they tried to get God to take it back. But, some did it because they thought that it would remove the infected blood from their bodies