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The article discusses the historiography of the bourgeois identity in France, with information on changing social values and the history and genealogy of the Le Couteulx family from the 17th to the 20th century. Topics include the fluidity of social status in the public sphere; the bourgeois social order in place after the French Revolution; and an analysis of the effects of social dynamics on capital management and business leaders in in France. Social mobility is discussed in terms of the non-verbal language of social codes.

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The article discusses the role of the merchant middle class in Nantes, France during the French Revolution. The article describes the expansion of major port cities across France and its effect on the rise of the merchant bourgeoisie, the relationship between the merchant class and the aristocracy, and the political influence of the commercial developers over French nobility. Other subjects under discussion include the social aspects of the commercial trade in Nantes, the political power of merchants over nobles during the outbreak of the Revolution, and the ways in which merchants served as intermediaries between the values of the Ancien Régime and the egalitarian ideals.

The article focuses on Le Couteulx et Cie bank, located at 34 rue Ours, in Rouen, France, which was active during the 18th century. The author highlights the upward social mobility of the Le Couteulx family, the bank's building on Ours street described as a symbol of a bourgeois identity during the Ancien Régime. The author presents a detailed description of the building, together with an inventory of the goods owned by the family. Also discussed is the family hierarchy, and the rivalry between its members.