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  • The Black Death and the Dancing Mania

    by Justus Hecker ...
    That Omnipotence which has called the world with all its living creatures into one animated being, especially reveals Himself in the desolation of great pestilences. The powers of creation come into violent collision; the sultry dryness of the atmosphere; the subterraneous thunders; the mist of overflowing waters, are the harbingers of destruction. Nature is not satisfied with the ordinary ... Read more

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    The Epidemics Of The Middle Ages (Unabridged)

    by JUSTUS HECKER ...
    Narrated by Dale Wilson ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 55 min

    Justus Friedrich Carl Hecker was a German physician and medical writer, whose research focused on the history of epidemics, in a broad sense of the term that included pandemics like the Black Death as well as the group of social phenomena known as dancing mania. The Epidemics of the Middle Ages comprises three of his works -- The Black Death, The Dancing Mania, and The Sweating Sickness -- ... Read more

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    The Dancing Mania (Unabridged)

    by JUSTUS HECKER ...
    Narrated by Tammy Guzowski ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 3 min

    Numerous theories have been proposed for the causes of dancing mania, and it remains unclear whether it was a real illness or a social phenomenon. One of the most prominent theories is that victims suffered from ergot poisoning, which was known as St Anthony's Fire in the Middle Ages. During floods and damp periods, ergots were able to grow and affect rye and other crops. Ergotism can cause ... Read more

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  • Tarantism, a Popular Disease in the Middle Ages

    by Justus Friedrich Karl Hecker ...
    Translated by Milena Rampoldi ...
    In 1832, the German medical doctor and writer, Justus Friedrich Karl Hecker (1795-1850) wrote the present research on the topic of tarantism ("Tanzwut", i.e. "dance rage/dance mania") which examines the phenomenon of tarantism in different geographical regions: Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Southern Italy (Apulia) and East Africa. Tarantism is a universal phenomenon of the "feminine ... Read more

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  • The Black Death

    by Justus Friedrich Karl Hecker ...
    That Omnipotence which has called the world with all its living creatures into one animated being, especially reveals Himself in the desolation of great pestilences. The powers of creation come into violent collision; the sultry dryness of the atmosphere; the subterraneous thunders; the mist of overflowing waters, are the harbingers of destruction. Nature is not satisfied with the ordinary ... Read more

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  • The Black Death in the Fourteenth Century

    by Justus Friedrich Carl Hecker ...
    The Black Death in the Fourteenth Century is a comprehensive historical study that delves into one of the most devastating pandemics in human history—the Black Death, which swept across Europe, Asia, and North Africa during the mid-1300s. Drawing on a wealth of contemporary chronicles, letters, and official records, the book meticulously reconstructs the spread of the plague, its symptoms, and the ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • The Epidemics of the Middle Ages

    by Justus Friedrich Carl Hecker, John Caius ...
    The Epidemics of the Middle Ages is a comprehensive and scholarly exploration of the devastating plagues and infectious diseases that swept across Europe and neighboring regions during the medieval period. Drawing on a wide array of historical sources, medical treatises, chronicles, and eyewitness accounts, the book meticulously traces the origins, spread, and impact of various epidemics, ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • The Black Death, and The Dancing Mania

    by Justus Friedrich Carl Hecker ...
    The Black Death, and The Dancing Mania by Justus Friedrich Carl Hecker is a seminal historical and medical study that delves into two of the most mysterious and devastating phenomena of the Middle Ages. First published in the 19th century and translated by B.G. Babington, this work meticulously examines the origins, spread, and impact of the Black Death—the catastrophic plague that swept through ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • The Dancing Mania

    by Justus Friedrich Karl Hecker ...
    The effects of the Black Death had not yet subsided, and the graves of millions of its victims were scarcely closed, when a strange delusion arose in Germany, which took possession of the minds of men, and, in spite of the divinity of our nature, hurried away body and soul into the magic circle of hellish superstition. It was a convulsion which in the most extraordinary manner infuriated the human ... Read more

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  • The Black Death

    by Justus Friedrich Karl Hecker ...
    That Omnipotence which has called the world with all its living creatures into one animated being, especially reveals Himself in the desolation of great pestilences. The powers of creation come into violent collision; the sultry dryness of the atmosphere; the subterraneous thunders; the mist of overflowing waters, are the harbingers of destruction. Nature is not satisfied with the ordinary ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Black Death And The Dancing Mania

    by Hecker Justus Friedrich Karl ...
    The work focuses on two of the most devastating phenomena ever suffered by the European population. The deadly plague known as Black Death spread in late 1340s while the Dancing Mania persisted from the 13th to 17th century where throngs of people suffered from a psychological problem. An analysis of both these maladies that shook the foundations of European society has been presented here. ... Read more

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  • The Black Death and the Dancing Mania

    by Justus Friedrich Karl Hecker ...
    Justus Friedrich Karl Hecker was a German physician and medical writer, whose works appear in medical encyclopaedias and journals of the time. He particularly studied disease in relation to human history, including plague, smallpox, infant mortality, dancing mania and the sweating sickness, and is often said to have founded the study of the history of disease.The account of “The Black Death” here ... Read more

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