Le vice anglais
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Although the first medico-scientific treatise on the subject came from Germany by way of the German doctor Johann Heinrich Meibom, flagellation is often considered to be 'le vice anglais' (the British vice) par excellence.
Flagellant novels
Flagellant novels were a popular form of erotic fiction in eighteenth and nineteenth century England. Predictably, these dealt graphically with erotic whipping of women, schoolgirls and others. One book by 'Etonensis' called "The Mysteries of Verbena House: or, Miss Bellasis birched for thieving" is held up as typical of the genre. A contemporary critic wrote of this book "After wading through so many dull, insipid, if not absolutely repulsive books on the subject, it is a relief to alight at last upon one which tact and clever writing render almost readable."
