\u00c9tienne Marcel, a Parisian cloth merchant born in 1315, was not destined to make history by birth, but by courage. In 1355, he became provost of the merchants and took advantage of the king\u2019s absence, held prisoner in England, to impose the Great Ordinances<\/strong> in 1357, limiting royal power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When the Dauphin Charles refused to comply, Marcel rose up in Paris. He welcomed the King of Navarre and organized militias wearing red and blue hoods<\/strong>, symbols of the capital. By 1358, the Dauphin finally gave in\u2026 but history took a dramatic turn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Marcel\u2019s failed attempt to rally the peasants at Meaux weakened him. Cornered, he turned to the Anglo-Navarrese allies, provoking the anger of the Parisians. On July 31, 1358<\/strong>, \u00c9tienne Marcel was assassinated, bringing to a brutal end a revolt that could have changed the course of history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This statue doesn\u2019t show a king\u2026 but the man who defied the monarchy \u00c9tienne Marcel, a Parisian cloth merchant born in 1315, was not destined to make history by birth, but by courage. In 1355, he became provost of the merchants and took advantage of the king\u2019s absence, held prisoner in England, to impose the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-non-classe-en"],"yoast_head":"\n