Paris past & present . of the Maillotins. For nearly thirty years the municipal bodyceased to exist, and Paris was, from both civiland military view, under the grand prevot;but this regime was soon to have its endingalso. The struggle of the Dukes of Orleansand of Bourgogne, the English invasion, thequarrels of the Bourguignons and the Armag-nacs, these and other things forced Charles VIto solicit the aid of the Parisians; little bylittle their privileges were restored, the Par-louer aux Bourgeois was reopened, and theCorps des PrevSt et Echevins was it was some years before
Paris past & present . of the Maillotins. For nearly thirty years the municipal bodyceased to exist, and Paris was, from both civiland military view, under the grand prevot;but this regime was soon to have its endingalso. The struggle of the Dukes of Orleansand of Bourgogne, the English invasion, thequarrels of the Bourguignons and the Armag-nacs, these and other things forced Charles VIto solicit the aid of the Parisians; little bylittle their privileges were restored, the Par-louer aux Bourgeois was reopened, and theCorps des PrevSt et Echevins was it was some years before the ancient rightsof the city were completely restored to its in-habitants. The municipal officers, thus re-invested with prerogatives and privileges, setabout securing the interests of the citizens byencouraging industries, commerce, art, evenliterature, but during the fourteen years whentlie English were masters in Paris, election ofthese officers was completely suspended. Thirty years or so later, the capital gave. THE GKAXD PKOVOST OX HIS HOKSE OF STOXE. GRAXD KECEPTION OF LOUIS XI. 73 Louis XI a grand reception after his corona-tion at Keims. On the 30th of August, 1461,he arrived at the Hotel des Porcherons, situatenear the Porte Saint Honore, outside the walls,but he made his soleixm. entrance at the PorteSaint Denis, where he was met by the munici-pal government, dressed in damask robesadorned with sable, and who had come to offerthe King the keys of the city. Inside thewalls were five heralds escorting five ladiesrichly robed and mounted on horses; each ofthese dames had for sis^n and for name one of thefive letters that composed the word PARIS;and at the Pont au Change two hundied thou-sand birds of every kind were turned loose. Louis XI accorded new privileges to themunicipal government, and Paris was fastacquiring great importance; but the municipal-ity again lost most of its independence underthe reign of Louis XII. About the middle of the sixteenth centurythe pre
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