The Dancing Plague of 1518 by Faith Renae https://padlet.com/faithers23/myproject23 Made with panache en-us 2016-10-19 16:14:10 UTC 2025-09-30 19:11:09 UTC hello@padlet.com Origin faithers23 https://padlet.com/faithers23/myproject23/wish/131843331 In July of 1518, a woman known as Frau Troffea stepped into a narrow street in Strasbourg, France and began dancing and lasted between four to six days. Thirty-four other people had joined her within the rest of the week.]]> 2016-10-19 16:27:46 UTC https://padlet.com/faithers23/myproject23/wish/131843331 Expansion faithers23 https://padlet.com/faithers23/myproject23/wish/131846007 Within a month, the crowd of dancing, hopping and leaping individuals had grown into 400 individuals. As the dancing plague worsened, concerned nobles looked for advice from local doctors.]]> 2016-10-19 16:34:58 UTC https://padlet.com/faithers23/myproject23/wish/131846007 Consequences faithers23 https://padlet.com/faithers23/myproject23/wish/131847602 Dozens of people died of heart attacks, strokes, and sheer exhaustion due to non-stop dancing. Also, most people died due to starvation and dehydration.]]> 2016-10-19 16:38:47 UTC https://padlet.com/faithers23/myproject23/wish/131847602 Resolution faithers23 https://padlet.com/faithers23/myproject23/wish/133382589 The Dancing Plague ended in the summer time in September in year of 1518, when the dancers were whisked away to the mountaintop shrine to pray for absolution.]]> 2016-10-26 16:12:22 UTC https://padlet.com/faithers23/myproject23/wish/133382589 Possible Causes faithers23 https://padlet.com/faithers23/myproject23/wish/133383327 Researchers developed theories about this bizzare incident one of the theories is that dancers were victims of mass hysteria when more than one person believes they are afflicted often during times of extreme stress.
The Second theory is in the agriculture the condition called Erogtism occurs when grains of rye are attacked by a specific mold the infected rye can lead to seizures although Starsburgs afflicted was more traditional. ]]> 2016-10-26 16:14:21 UTC https://padlet.com/faithers23/myproject23/wish/133383327  Additional Topic faithers23 https://padlet.com/faithers23/myproject23/wish/133389142 Two ways this phenomenon differed from the Salem Witch Trials ? The Dancing Plague differ from the Salem Witch Trials because most of the Dancing Plague afflicted were dancing for at least over a week or more without drinking or eat died from exhaustion, strokes, and heart attacks The Dancing Plague claimed 400 victims. ]]> 2016-10-26 16:28:36 UTC https://padlet.com/faithers23/myproject23/wish/133389142 Sources   faithers23 https://padlet.com/faithers23/myproject23/wish/133392822 * Wikipedia
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