I went throughthe decrees of the general councils from Lateran IV to
Florence & found nothing on this. There were several canons against lax
discipline, but none against excess.
tom izbicki
ps I looked at Gerson's tract against the Flagellants (Oeuvres
completes, vol. 10), which addresses a variety of spiritual issues raised
by this movement.
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