Numerous theories have been proposed for the causes of dancing mania, and it remains unclear whether it was a real illness or a social phenomenon. One of the most prominent theories is that victims suffered from ergot poisoning, which was known as St Anthony’s Fire in the Middle Ages. During floods and damp periods, ergots were able to grow and affect rye and other crops. Ergotism can cause hallucinations, but cannot account for the other strange behaviour most commonly identified with danci ...
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01 – The Dancing Mania in Germany and the Netherlands. Sect. 1 – St John’s Dance
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02 – Chapter 1: The Dancing Mania in Germany and the Netherlands – Sect. 2: St Vitus’s Dance
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03 – Chapter 1: The Dancing Mania in Germany and the Netherlands – Sect. 3: Causes
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04 – Chapter 1: The Dancing Mania in Germany and the Netherlands – Sect. 4: More Ancient Dancing Plagues
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05 – Chapter 1: The Dancing Mania in Germany and the Netherlands – Sect. 5: Physicians
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06 – Chapter 1: The Dancing Mania in Germany and the Netherlands – Sect. 6: Decline and Termination of the Dancing Plague
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07 – Chapter 2: The Dancing Mania in Italy – Sect. 1: Tarantism
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08 – Chapter 2: The Dancing Mania in Italy – Sect. 2: More Ancient Traces – Causes
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09 – Chapter 2: The Dancing Mania in Italy – Sect. 3: Increase
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10 – Chapter 2: The Dancing Mania in Italy – Sect. 4: Idiosyncrasies – Music
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11 – Chapter 2: The Dancing Mania in Italy – Sect. 5: Hysteria
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12 – Chapter 2: The Dancing Mania in Italy – Sect. 6: Decrease
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13 – Chapter 3: The Dancing Mania in Abyssinia
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