tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post6351638120476974939..comments2023-10-12T02:21:40.102-07:00Comments on English Historical Fiction Authors: Scourge of Europe: The Religious Hysteria Created by the Black PlagueDebra Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-91847423452770795002011-12-23T05:44:29.512-08:002011-12-23T05:44:29.512-08:00A fascinating post - and it illustrates vividly th...A fascinating post - and it illustrates vividly the strange fruits fear and faith can bear.<br />Your books sound very, very interesting, Rosanne - I suppose there's a bit more on my wishlist now.<br /><br />As far as I know there are Flagellants not only in Mexico today, as well in the Lent processions in Spain and parts of Italy, but I'm not sure about that. <br /><br />And I am sorry about the removed comment above...I had troubles pubblishing the comment and suddenly it was gone.Rowan Lewgalonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05285252361777777245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-40546848715186320042011-12-23T05:42:13.552-08:002011-12-23T05:42:13.552-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Rowan Lewgalonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05285252361777777245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-67720386654544614562011-12-22T17:19:19.732-08:002011-12-22T17:19:19.732-08:00Flagellation as a religious observance has revived...Flagellation as a religious observance has revived in Mexico. (A friend of mine has done her doctoral paper on it.) Perhaps this is a reaction to the dreadful disorders now in Mexico -- a modern social upheaval and crime plague?Katherine Ashehttp://www.simon-de-montfort.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-40802417504804882232011-12-22T06:01:30.098-08:002011-12-22T06:01:30.098-08:00Thanks to Rosanne E. Lortz's author of I Serve...Thanks to Rosanne E. Lortz's author of I Serve: A Novel of the Black Prince, set in England's Hundred Years' War for this great article on Religious Hysteria during the plague.Teresa Thomas Bohannonhttp://www.myladyweb.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-15220476613001773512011-12-22T01:20:05.943-08:002011-12-22T01:20:05.943-08:00The fear must have just been incredible to be will...The fear must have just been incredible to be willing to take beatings twice a day.<br />Thanks for sharing this sad piece of history.<br /><br />I'm going to have to look up your books. 'I Serve' sounds pretty good.Sophia Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07909417504496472472noreply@blogger.com