▁Grande ▁B ouch erie ▁de ▁Paris , ▁a ▁relatively ▁wealth y ▁class ▁of ▁tr ades people ▁not ▁integrated ▁within ▁Paris ian ▁high ▁& ▁arist ocr atic ▁class . ▁In ▁April ▁ 1 4 1 3 , ▁in ▁a ▁bid ▁to ▁gain ▁power , ▁John ▁the ▁F ear less ▁encourag ed ▁the ▁Cab och iens ▁to ▁revol t . ▁Ri ot ous ▁mob s , ▁sport ing ▁distinct ive ▁white ▁caps , ▁assault ed ▁Arm agn ac ▁no blem en ▁and ▁follow ers , ▁and ▁their ▁properties ▁throughout ▁the ▁city . ▁On ▁April ▁ 2 7 , ▁they ▁seized ▁the ▁Bast ille ▁Saint - An to ine ▁and ▁took ▁prisoner ▁its ▁def ender , ▁Pierre ▁des ▁Ess arts , ▁Prov ost ▁of ▁Paris . ▁( Pierre ▁des ▁ ▁Ess arts ▁was ▁be head ed ▁the ▁following ▁ 1 3 ▁July .) ▁They ▁also ▁forced ▁their ▁way ▁into ▁the ▁H ôtel ▁Saint - Pol , ▁the ▁royal ▁residence , ▁arrested ▁several ▁of ▁the ▁king ' s ▁men , ▁and ▁in car cer ated ▁them ▁in ▁the ▁various ▁pr isons ▁of ▁Paris . ▁They ▁controlled ▁Paris ▁for ▁four ▁months , ▁until ▁the ▁last ▁days ▁of ▁July ▁and ▁beginning ▁of ▁August , ▁when ▁the ▁revol t ▁was ▁put ▁down . ▁ ▁Academ ics ▁took ▁this ▁opportunity ▁to ▁propose ▁administrative ▁re forms ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁“ Ord onn ance ▁cab och ienne ", ▁ ▁which ▁limited ▁the ▁power ▁of ▁the ▁monarch , ▁giving , ▁for ▁example , ▁greater ▁fis cal ▁control ▁to ▁the ▁Est ates ▁General . ▁Although