The Hunchback of Notre Dame Book 5 Chapter I - Abbas Beati Martini

In which the learned and sombre Dom Claude Frollo entertains a visit from the king’s physician and a mysterious provincial gentleman, initiating a fervent debate on the nature of science, medicine, astrology, and the elusive secrets of alchemy within the shadowed cloisters of Notre-Dame. Amidst their discourses, the archdeacon’s piercing intellect glimpses the changing tides of knowledge and the looming power of the printed word, casting a melancholic eye upon the ancient edifice that shelters his studies.