A Time to Dance, a Time to Die: The Extraordinary Story of the Dancing Plague of 1518The story of a wild dancing epidemic that brought death and fear to a 16th century city, and the supernatural beliefs from which it arose. |
Contents
The Dancing Plague | 1 |
Signs of the Times | 19 |
Plagues and Priests | 39 |
Copyright | |
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A Time to Dance, a Time to Die: The Extraordinary Story of the Dancing ... John Waller No preview available - 2009 |
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afflicted Alsace altar Annales de Sébastián Backman beliefs bishop Bishop of Strasbourg Black Forest Bundschuh carnival cathedral century chapel chapter Charcot choreomaniacs Chrisman Church city's clergy Collectanées Cologne Cathedral conversion disorder crazed cults culture curse dancers dancing epidemic dancing mania dancing plague death demons devils divine Duntzenheim early modern Ensisheim ergot fatigue fear Frau Troffea Frau Troffea's dance Gebwiler Geiler Geschichte der Tanzkrankheit grain guild H.C. Erik Midelfort harvest healing Holy Roman Empire hysteria hysterical imagine Johannes Trithemius Joss Fritz Kölbigk late Madness magistrates maladies medieval Midelfort minds misery monasteries monks nuns onlookers outbreaks pain Paracelsus peasants physicians pilgrimage pilgrims poor possession rituals prayers priests psychological Quoted recorded red shoes Reformation Religious Dances Rhine saints Saverne Sebastian Sébastián Brant sickness souls Specklin spirits spontaneous trance St John St Valentine St Vitus Strasbourg succumbed summer of 1518 symptoms town trance Trier University Press victims women