A Strasbourg Dancing Mania of 1518
In the summer of 1518, the city of Strasbourg was overwhelmed by a most peculiar and frightening phenomenon. A woman named Frau Troffea abruptly began to jig in the streets, seemingly without any cause or provocation. Her frantic dancing continued for months, and soon others joined her in this peculiar spectacle. Thousands of people, it is said, b