Tarantism, a Popular Disease in the Middle Ages

Sinopsis del libro

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…