I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed), by Alessandro Manzoni
Nov 16, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 883
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Food profiteering was as active in plague-stricken Milan 300 years ago as in modern times. Shops were stormed for food. Read how the Council strove heroically to fix fair rates. (Volume 21, Harvard Classics)
Sale of corn and flour regulated in Milan, Nov. 15, 1629.
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