The Dancing Plague Waller John
The Dancing Plague Waller John A gripping tale of one of history's most bizarre events, and what it reveals about the strange possibilities of human natureIn the searing July heat of 1518, Frau…
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The Dancing Plague Waller John
A gripping tale of one of history's most bizarre events, and what it reveals about the strange possibilities of human natureIn the searing July heat of 1518, Frau Troffea stepped into the streets of Strasbourg and began to dance. Overcome with exhaustion, she stopped, and then resumed her solitary jig a few hours later. Bathed in sweat, she continued to dance.
At its peak, the epidemic claimed the lives of fifteen men, women, and children a day. Over the next two months, roughly four hundred people succumbed to the same agonizing compulsion. Possibly 100 people danced to their deaths in one of the most bizarre and terrifying plagues in history.John Waller compellingly evokes the sights, sounds, and aromas; the diseases and hardships; the fervent supernaturalism and the desperate hedonism of the late medieval world.
Based on new evidence, he explains why the
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