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Sebastian Brant
Archive Summary
One oft-cited claim is that "around fifteen people died per day at the peak," though this figure originates from a single 16th-century chronicle (Sebastian Brant) and is not corroborated by city death records, which are incomplete for this period.
··1952 — 2008·Person
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The Dancing Plague of 1518
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