Think of an urge that is almost uncontrollable to ignore. This is what the citizens of Strasbourg began to feel in July of the year 1518. All along the streets, and anywhere that could be seen, the people of the city were involved in an uncontrollable dance. Only heart attacks and strokes would result in the ending of the dance. While this may sound unbelievable, or unintelligent, the victims could not help their ill-decided fate. When the first woman, known as Frau Troffea, began to dance, she began to “silently twist, twirl and shake,” as the History channel states. As the solo performance occurred for nearly a week, three-dozen other people had begun to join Troffea in the dancing (John Waller, n.p.). While this practice began in July
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The documentation is likely where so many different theories come from. With every writer that has studied the Dancing Plague of 1518, the same theories seem to arise. This leads to show that the theories, for the most part, are solid.
Taylor Mullins begins off his article by saying, “In my opinion, all these people were so stressed from the famine, that they did not know what they were doing.” While Mullins brings up an interesting point, with his hesitance to believe he is correct, this causes his opinion to lose strength. Mullins continues to state that the lack of food caused the people to not be able to think straight, which does sound believable; however, if the people were dancing from July 1518 until September 1518, their bodies would not be able to hold strength that long without some supply of food.
The plague has many, many separate theories on what might have caused the dancing to begin, but with Mr. Mullins’ lack of confidence in his article, it helps to strengthen the argument of ergot. While his statements on how not knowing when one will be able to eat again, and worrying on these matters, the brain would begin to enter a psychological state that may seem very difficult to pull out of, as stated earlier, the energy would have to be supplied from
The documentation is likely where so many different theories come from. With every writer that has studied the Dancing Plague of 1518, the same theories seem to arise. This leads to show that the theories, for the most part, are solid.
Taylor Mullins begins off his article by saying, “In my opinion, all these people were so stressed from the famine, that they did not know what they were doing.” While Mullins brings up an interesting point, with his hesitance to believe he is correct, this causes his opinion to lose strength. Mullins continues to state that the lack of food caused the people to not be able to think straight, which does sound believable; however, if the people were dancing from July 1518 until September 1518, their bodies would not be able to hold strength that long without some supply of food.
The plague has many, many separate theories on what might have caused the dancing to begin, but with Mr. Mullins’ lack of confidence in his article, it helps to strengthen the argument of ergot. While his statements on how not knowing when one will be able to eat again, and worrying on these matters, the brain would begin to enter a psychological state that may seem very difficult to pull out of, as stated earlier, the energy would have to be supplied from