The Dancing Plague of 1518: Unraveling History’s Strangest Epidemic
The Dancing Plague of 1518 was a bizarre phenomenon that occurred in Strasbourg, Alsace (modern-day France), in July 1518. It involved a sudden outbreak of compulsive, frenzied dancing that affected hundreds of people, lasting for weeks and leading to some deaths. The incident began with a woman named Frau Troffea, who started dancing in the […]