A Dance to Death: The Strasbourg Plague of 1518
In the heart amidst Strasbourg in the year of 1518, something most peculiar began to unfold. {A{ a woman, Frau Troffea, was struck with an insatiable urge to dance. Days turned into weeks, and her relentless gyrations became a spectacle that could not be ignored. Soon, others began to yield to this strange affliction. Men, women, children- all wer