Who believed the black death signaled the “end of days” and lashed at their bodies to warn christians to cleanse their souls?
a. european kings
b. the flagellants
c. the papal court
d. asian missionaries

The flagellants

flagellants were members of  organization  which practiced public whipping as a form of penancefinally, the processions of flagellants were banned in 1349. by pope clement vi in the bull "inter sollicitudines" under threat of anathema. as a result, part of the flagellants surrendered to the authorities, and some "went underground" transformed into a heretical sect.