{"id":8359,"date":"2022-01-01T13:08:15","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T12:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=195927"},"modified":"2022-01-01T13:28:07","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T12:28:07","slug":"historys-greatest-mysteries-what-caused-the-medieval-dancing-plague","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/historys-greatest-mysteries-what-caused-the-medieval-dancing-plague\/","title":{"rendered":"History\u2019s greatest mysteries: what caused the medieval \u2018dancing plague\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Helen Carr\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Saturday, 01 January 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>On several occasions from the 14th to 16th centuries, hundreds of people in central Europe began moving their bodies in a strange uncontrollable fashion \u2013 often for days on end. 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In the final episode of this series of <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/podcast-series\/history-greatest-mysteries-series\/&quot;\">History\u2019s Greatest Mysteries<\/a>, medieval historian Helen Carr describes the events of the \u2018<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/period\/medieval\/the-medieval-dance-of-death\/&quot;\">dancing plagues<\/a>\u2019 and considers the various explanations that have been put forward so far.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-195927-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/01\/HistoryExtra_2021_Mysteries_Ep.5-262f59a.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/01\/HistoryExtra_2021_Mysteries_Ep.5-262f59a.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/01\/HistoryExtra_2021_Mysteries_Ep.5-262f59a.mp3<\/a><\/audio><section class=\"&quot;highlight\"><div class=\"&quot;highlight__content\" editor-content=\"\"> <p>Browse all episodes in our podcast series on <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/podcast-series\/history-greatest-mysteries-series\/&quot;\">History\u2019s Greatest Mysteries<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p><\/div> <\/section><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Helen Carr Published: Saturday, 01 January 2022 at 12:00 am On several occasions from the 14th to 16th centuries, hundreds of people in central Europe began moving their bodies in a strange uncontrollable fashion \u2013 often for days on end. 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