Christian Fanatics Who Physically Scourged Themselves During the Black Death

question 78

Multiple Choice

Christian fanatics who physically scourged themselves during the Black Death were called

• A) serfs.
• B) reformed Jews.
• C) conventual friars.
• D) heretics.
• E) flagellants.

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