Both churches belonged to flagellant confraternities, identifiable by their respectively colored robes. The Shia counterpart to a Christian flagellant was called a matamdar. At Westminster he is said to have contributed to Robert Southey's school periodical "The Flagellant". Although certain city authorities refused the Flagellant processions entry. Spontaneously Flagellant groups arose across Northern and Central Europe in 1349, including in England. The Skoptsy movement emerged in the 1760s from the flagellant sect of the Khlysty.