The town that nearly danced itself to death

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The town that nearly danced itself to death

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History@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

What caused Strasbourg’s three-month dancing plague of 1518? And how did the town recover from the mania?

A report on possibly the strangest epidemic in recorded history.

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Not sure what’s weirder, this or the story of Tarrare.

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