 In the Middle Ages, Paris was already attracting immigrants from the provinces of France and other countries of Europe.A study of the names in the "Livres des Tailles", or parish records, between 1292 and 1313 showed 155 persons listed as "L’Anglois" (an Englishman); 144 called "Le Breton" (a Breton), plus forty-seven from Burgundy, forty-four from Normandy, forty-two from Picardy, thirty four from Flanders, and twenty-eight from Lorraine.In addition, there were many more from the cities and towns of the Paris basin.