A time to dance, a time to die

the extraordinary story of the dancing plague of 1518

About this book

The true story of a wild dancing epidemic that brought death and fear to a 16th-century city, and the terrifying supernatural beliefs from which it arose.

Subjects

  • chorea
  • chorea, epidemic
  • disease outbreaks
  • epidemic chorea
  • epidemiology
  • france, social conditions
  • history
  • history, 16th century
  • social conditions