Title The dancing plague : the strange, true story of an extraordinary illness / John Waller

Published Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks, [2009] ©2009

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Description 278 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm Contents Signs of the times -- Plagues and priests -- Hard times -- The death dance -- The mystery of Frau Troffea's dance -- Trance fever -- Of music and hot blood -- Lords of the dance -- Volte face -- Holy magic -- Aftermath -- Death of a curse -- The mind incarnate -- Charcot's error Notes Originally published: A time to dance, a time to die. Thriplow [England] : Icon Books, 2008 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-264) and index Subject Chorea, Epidemic -- France -- Strasbourg -- History -- 16th century. Strasbourg (France) -- Social conditions -- 16th century. Strasbourg (France) -- Biography. Genre/Form Biographies. LC no. 2009007866 ISBN 9781402219436

Other Titles Time to dance, a time to die

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