November 15th Food Profiteers 300 Years Ago Alessandro Manzoni (1785–1873). I Promessi Sposi. Vol. 21, pp. 450-460 of The Harvard Classics 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. (Sale of corn and flour regulated in Milan, Nov. 15, 1629.)
