Flagellants in the Netherlands town of Tournai (Doornik), 1349. Artist: Unknown

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Flagellants in the Netherlands town of Tournai (Doornik), 1349. Flagellants, known as the Brothers of the Cross, scourging themselves as they walk through the streets in order to free the world from the Black Death (Bubonic Plague). Chromolithograph after Chronica Aegidii Li Muisius.

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Size: 3706px × 2891px
Location: World,Europe,Netherlands,World,Europe,Belgium,Wallonia,Hainaut, Province de,Tournai
Photo credit: © Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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