Mathieu Marraud

Mathieu Marraud is a CNRS Research Director affiliated with the Centre de Recherches Historiques (CRH) at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) in Paris. His work focuses on the interplay between social and political structures in pre-revolutionary French urban contexts, particularly through the lens of Parisian guilds and corporate bodies.

• Major Research Themes:
  • Corporatism under the Ancien Régime
  • Urban political dynamics
  • Intersection of law, commerce, and monarchy
  • Socioeconomic categorization

Key Contributions include foundational studies on the Six Corps of Merchants and analyses of object-person interactions in social hierarchies. His recent publications explore economic exclusion mechanisms, product standardization conflicts, and the role of guilds in shaping Parisian civic life.

• Teams and Laboratories:
  • LaDéHiS (Demography and Social History Laboratory)
  • RHiSoP (Social History of Politics)