Comments on Anomalies of French life: love of the 18th centuryTypePad2012-12-13T12:23:26ZSeduliahttps://www.ruerude.com/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://www.ruerude.com/2012/12/anomalies-of-french-life-love-of-the-xviiie/comments/atom.xml/Sedulia commented on 'Anomalies of French life: love of the 18th century'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c82d353ef017ee698d8c1970d2012-12-24T18:32:15Z2012-12-24T18:32:51ZSeduliahttp://www.ruerude.comI didn't learn about it till I did this post! I don't know if baguette prices are still fixed... it...<p>I didn't learn about it till I did this post! I don't know if baguette prices are still fixed... it seems to me someone wrote that they're not any more?</p>Karen commented on 'Anomalies of French life: love of the 18th century'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c82d353ef017ee67d8277970d2012-12-21T14:56:12Z2012-12-22T20:11:24ZKaren Thanks for the history links, I had never heard of the Famine Pact before. Interesting to read about the Flour...<p>Thanks for the history links, I had never heard of the Famine Pact before. Interesting to read about the Flour War, I suppose the fixed government baguette prices date from this time?</p>
<p>I too, think it's amusing that so many people say they wish to have lived in previous centuries, always assuming they would be nobles! (Just like people who claim to remember their previous reincarnations!)</p>