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The Dancing Mania by Justus Hecker
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 dancing mania. Many sources discuss how dancing mania, and tarantism, may have simply been the result of stre...
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01 – The Dancing Mania in Germany and the Netherlands. Sect. 1 – St John’s Dance 02.01.2026 13:55
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02 – Chapter 1: The Dancing Mania in Germany and the Netherlands – Sect. 2: St Vitus’s Dance 01.01.2026 5:43
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03 – Chapter 1: The Dancing Mania in Germany and the Netherlands – Sect. 3: Causes 31.12.2025 7:33
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04 – Chapter 1: The Dancing Mania in Germany and the Netherlands – Sect. 4: More Ancient Dancing Plagues 30.12.2025 7:43
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05 – Chapter 1: The Dancing Mania in Germany and the Netherlands – Sect. 5: Physicians 29.12.2025 9:13
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06 – Chapter 1: The Dancing Mania in Germany and the Netherlands – Sect. 6: Decline and Termination of the Dancing Plague 28.12.2025 13:34
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07 – Chapter 2: The Dancing Mania in Italy – Sect. 1: Tarantism 27.12.2025 3:41
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08 – Chapter 2: The Dancing Mania in Italy – Sect. 2: More Ancient Traces – Causes 26.12.2025 15:49
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09 – Chapter 2: The Dancing Mania in Italy – Sect. 3: Increase 25.12.2025 9:17
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10 – Chapter 2: The Dancing Mania in Italy – Sect. 4: Idiosyncrasies – Music 24.12.2025 23:01
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11 – Chapter 2: The Dancing Mania in Italy – Sect. 5: Hysteria 23.12.2025 7:48
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12 – Chapter 2: The Dancing Mania in Italy – Sect. 6: Decrease 22.12.2025 6:06
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13 – Chapter 3: The Dancing Mania in Abyssinia 21.12.2025 17:46
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14 – Chapter 4: Sympathy – Sect 1 20.12.2025 12:07
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15 – Chapter 4: Sympathy – Sect 2 19.12.2025 15:20
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16 – Chapter 4: Sympathy – Sect 3 18.12.2025 17:06
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