A MACABRE WALTZ: THE STRASBOURG PLAGUE OF 1518

A Macabre Waltz: The Strasbourg Plague of 1518

In the heart within Strasbourg in the year of 1518, something most peculiar began to unfold. {A{ a woman, Frau Troffea, was seized with an insatiable urge to move. Days turned into weeks, and her relentless frolicking became a phenomenon that could not be ignored. Soon, others began to yield to this strange affliction. Men, women, children- all we

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