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1. Merchants Of Paris

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   The Merchants of Paris (French: Marchands de Paris) refers collectively to the influential guilded class of commercial operators active within the city of Paris from the Middle Ages through the early modern period. These financiers, traders, and guild masters held significant socio-political sway, often acting as an autonomous power center that frequently negotiated with, and sometimes directly opposed, the ruling French monarchy. Their influence was largely derived from their control over municipal finances, access to credit, and the pr…