A time to dance, a time to die the extraordinary story of the dancing plague of 1518 /: the extraordinary story of the dancing plague of 1518. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John Waller.
• Other Names: Waller, John, 1972-
• Contents: Intro -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- Title Page -- Dedication -- List of Illustrations -- Epigraph -- Introduction: The Dancing Plague -- Prelude: Countdown to Crisis -- Chapter One: Signs of the Times -- Chapter Two: Plagues and Priests -- Chapter Three: Hard Times -- The Death Dance -- Chapter Four: The Mystery of Frau Troffea's Dance -- Chapter Five: Trance Fever -- Chapter Six: Of Music and Hot Blood -- Chapter Seven: Lords of the Dance -- Chapter Eight: Volte Face -- Chapter Nine: Holy Magic -- Chapter Ten: Aftermath -- Chapter Eleven: Death of a Curse -- The Mind Incarnate Chapter Twelve: Charcot's Error -- Sources -- Index -- The Author -- Copyright -- 1 Half bird's-eye view of Strasbourg by Franz Hogenberg, contained in Georg Braun and Hogenberg's Ci -- 2 Anonymous, The Meteor of Ensisheim, broadsheet with text by Sebastian Brant. Published in 1492. -- 3 Albrecht Dürer's portrait of Sebastian Brant. Silver point drawing of 1521. -- 4 From the title page of Sebastian Brant's 1496 pamphlet on syphilis. -- 5 An engraving of Joss Fritz by the German artist Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). 6 Pen-and-ink drawing after Pieter Brueghel, known as Die Epileptikerinnen von Meulebeeck. Dated 156 -- 7 Altar painting in Cologne Cathedral, dated to around 1500, showing St Vitus on the viewer's left a -- 8 Painted plinths below the images of St Vitus and St Valentine in Cologne cathedral. -- 9 Locations of the dancing mania in Europe 1200-1600. -- 10 The chapel of St Vitus according to Charles Muller in the early 1800s. -- 11 Bas-relief wood carving of St Vitus, Mary and Marcellus before which the choreomaniacs of 1518 we 12 Interior of the grotto of St Vitus above Saverne. One can see in the background the imposing keep -- 13 Jean-Martin Charcot inducing hysterical symptoms in a patient through hypnosis. -- * -- † -- 1 -- 2 -- 4 -- 6 -- 7 -- 9 -- 11 -- 12 -- 14 -- 19
• Publisher Details: London : Icon
• Publication Date: 2009
• Copyright Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 616.8510944395409031; Chorea, Epidemic -- France -- Strasbourg -- History -- 16th century; Chorémanie -- France -- Strasbourg -- Histoire -- 16e siècle; History of medicine; European history; Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700; HISTORY / Social History; MEDICAL / History; Chorea, Epidemic; Social conditions; Korea (sjukdom) -- historia -- Frankrike -- Strasbourg -- 1500-talet; Strasbourg (France) -- Social conditions -- 16th century; France -- Strasbourg; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781785787263; 1785787268
• Related ISBNs: 9781848310537; 1848310536
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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