History’s greatest mysteries: what caused the medieval ‘dancing plague’?
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Dancing plagues occurred from the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries. For no obvious reason, groups of people began to dance uncontrollable fashion. These dancing plagues could last for weeks on end and even led to the deaths of the participants. To explore what might have caused this unusual behaviour, i spoke to mediaeval historian, author and podcaster helen carl so.
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