Dance Till You Drop and Sweet Sweet War
This episode Suzie examines the dancing plagues of 1374 and 1518 and Trevor sweetens the podcast with The Honey War of 1839.
WHAT THE HISTORY?
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Sources:
THE DANCING PLAGUE
Andrews E 2015, What was the dancing plague of 1518? http://www.history.com/news/ask-history/what-was-the-dancing-plague-of-1518
Cogitz 2009, The Dancing Plague of 1518
https://cogitz.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/the-dancing-plague-of-1518/
Waller J 2009, Dancing Plagues and Mass Hysteria, The Psychologist, The British Psychological Society, July 2009, Vol. 22, pp. 644-647 http://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-22/edition-7/dancing-plagues-and-mass-hysteria
Reference.com 2017, What are the symptoms of Saint Vitus Dance disease?, https://www.reference.com/health/symptoms-saint-vitus-dance-disease-a9c2fb709c4f3f21
Renlightenment 2012, Episode 37 ‘The Dancing Plague’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBCJU13SAoA
You Tube 2013, Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Once More With Feeling – ‘Something to Sing About’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8uH26GlWeo
You Tube 2015: 24th June 1374 Dance Plague breaks out in Aachen, Germany, History Pod https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aXRna3yZpo
THE HONEY WAR
5 Lesser Known (Completely Ridiculous) American Civil Wars – Cracked
The Honey War Boundary Dispute – The History Engine
THE IOWA-MISSOURI BOUNDARY WAR – Iowa History Project
Other stuff:
The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from…
History Never Repeats – Split Enz (1981)
History Repeating – Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998)
Flame Trees – Cold Chisel (1984)
You’re History – Shakespeare’s Sister (1989)
Centuries – Fall Out Boy (2015)
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