Today your historians of hysteria ask you to travel with us to the 16th century. The early years around about 1518, a year when the first plus and minus signals began appearing in publications and 6 years after Michelangelo finishes the Sistine Chapel the something perplexing podcast looks at one of the strangest historical events on record, join us as we look at the dancing plague of 1518!
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Dancing plague of 1518 - Wikipedia
What was the dancing plague of 1518? - HISTORY
The people who 'danced themselves to death' - BBC Culture
How The Dancing Plague Of 1518 Left 100 People Dead (allthatsinteresting.com)
The Dancing Plague of 1518: The Worst Dance Party Ever? – Retrospect Journal
The history of witches in Britain (historic-uk.com)
Eyewitness accounts of the 1510 influenza pandemic in Europe - PMC (nih.gov)
World History 1450-1500 AD (historycentral.com)
World History Timeline: 16th Century, 1511 to 1520 (fsmitha.com)
5 Facts about Medieval ‘Dancing Mania’ | History Hit
Dancing Mania and the Black Plague: A Craze That Swept Through Europe (thecollector.com)
What Caused Dancing Mania? | Wonderopolis
A Strange Case of Dancing Mania Struck Germany Six Centuries Ago Today | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
Dancing mania - Wikipedia
