The Black Death and the Dancing Mania - J. F. C. Hecker

The Black Death and the Dancing Mania

By J. F. C. Hecker

  • Release Date: 2012-06-15
  • Genre: European History

Description

A 19th Century analysis of two of the 14th Century's most devastating pandemics: The Black Death, which is usually thought to be a form of bubonic plague, and the Dancing Mania, an unexplained epidemic that caused thousands of people to literally dance themselves to death.