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DANCING PLAGUE OF 1518

EFFECTS

CAUSES

WORKS CITED

MASS HYSTERIA

  • Condition affecting a group of people caused by anxiety, symptoms of illness, irrational beliefs and behaviors.
  • Collective delusions of threats to society that spread rapidly through rumors and fears.
  • There were historical documents proving that this even did take place, but the real cause is unknown.
  • 490 years and still no one knows the cause
  • Possible reasons
  • Stressed-induced psychosis
  • Realm of Agriculture
  • Religiously caused
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_hysteria
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_Plague_of_1518
  • http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/258521
  • http://www.historicmysteries.com/the-dancing-plague-of-1518/
  • Short term effects
  • Famine
  • Exhaustion
  • Long term effects
  • Heart attacks
  • Strokes
  • Exhaustion
  • Death

1518

CONNECTIONS

BEHAVIORS

BACKGROUND

  • This mass hysteria connects to The Crucible because the girls in the story experience their own mass hysteria which is the basic plot of the story.
  • Day and night, they were seen trembling, shaking and convulsing.
  • There arms and legs were also moving in a purposely dancing manner.
  • The dancers suffered from
  • Famine
  • Diseases from around the area
  • Exhaustion
  • Dancing Epidemic: 1518
  • A woman, Frau Troffea began dancing in the streets of Strasbourg.
  • Between four to six days non-stop.
  • Within a week, 34 people joined her.
  • In a month, about 400 joined in.
  • Some people died of exhaustion, heart attacks, or strokes.

By: Victoria Ven

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