During the Middle Ages, large-scale outbreaks of large groups of people simultaneously compelled to run out in the streets while engaged in bizarre behavior was known at that time as:

In both the 15th, 16th, and 17th century people who had mental and psychological illness would do bizarre things in the public. They would start dancing when there was no music, this was called "Tarantism."

In those days, they did not have modern doctors and psychologists that we have now. The people in the towns, where people suffered from this ailment, thought they had been bitten by a tarantula, black widow, or wolf spider.

This was also called "dancing mania" since the people who suffered from this would dance manically in the town square. This was common in Italy.

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andriansp andriansp · Answer 2 · 2020-02-06T08:16:42+01:00

Answer:

Tarantism

Explanation:

The term 'Tarantism' was created because at that time, people believe that the bizarre behavior was caused by Tarantula's bites. At that time, a lot of people believe the poison that injected through the bites messed up with their brain function. But there is very little evidence to actually prove this.

A lot of historians believe that the bizarre behaviors are most likely caused by drugs such as marijuana or some kind of mushroom, At that time, people still haven't understand enough about psychedelic drugs to make the distinction.