The Dancing Plague of 1518

In the boiling summer of 1518 in Strasbourg, France, one women started to dance in the street. But this was no ordinary dance. She continued until her feet were bloody And soon, she was joined by hundreds of other dancers, dancing until they passed out from exhaustion or death.

Sources

"A Time to Dance, a Time to Die" by John Waller

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