Dancing Plague: The Strange, True Story of an Extraordinary Illness John Waller
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- 9781402219436
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Sourcebooks, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1402219431
ISBN-13
9781402219436
eBay Product ID (ePID)
72452420
Product Key Features
Book Title
Dancing Plague : the Strange, True Story of an Extraordinary Illness
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Topic
Cultural Heritage, Sociology / General, General, Epidemiology, Europe / General, Europe / Medieval
Genre
Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Medical, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
9.3 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2009-007866
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
362.196/83009443954
Synopsis
A gripping tale of one of history's most bizarre events, and what it reveals about the strange possibilities of human nature In the searing July heat of 1518, Frau Troffea stepped into the streets of Strasbourg and began to dance. Bathed in sweat, she continued to dance. Overcome with exhaustion, she stopped, and then resumed her solitary jig a few hours later. Over the next two months, roughly four hundred people succumbed to the same agonizing compulsion. At its peak, the epidemic claimed the lives of fifteen men, women, and children a day. 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 plague occurred and how it came to an end. In doing so, he sheds light on the strangest capabilities of the human mind and on our own susceptibility to mass hysteria., A gripping tale of one of history's most bizarre events, and what it reveals about the strange possibilities of human nature.
LC Classification Number
RC389.W35 2009
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