# Master Jacques Charmolue — Notre-Dame de Paris character guide

> Master Jacques Charmolue in Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Jacques Charmolue, Charmolue, Master Charmolue

**First appearance:** 0046-i-the-crown-changed-into-a-dry-leaf

## Who they are

The king's attorney in ecclesiastical court, a cruel inquisitor.

## In the story

### [Master Jacques Coppenole](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/notre_dame_de_paris_se/chapters/iv-master-jacques-coppenole)

Announced as procurator to the king in the Ecclesiastical Courts, contributing to the interruptions.

### [The Two Men Clothed in Black](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/notre_dame_de_paris_se/chapters/v-the-two-men-clothed-in-black)

The king's procurator in the ecclesiastical court, a timid and deferential disciple of Frollo, who is prosecuting Marc Cenaine and seeking Frollo's help with alchemy.

### [The Effect Which Seven Oaths in the Open Air Can Produce](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/notre_dame_de_paris_se/chapters/vi-the-effect-which-seven-oaths-in-the-open-air-can-produce)

Present with Dom Claude before the carving, but is left dumbfounded when the archdeacon abruptly departs to follow Jehan and Phoebus.

### [Book VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/notre_dame_de_paris_se/chapters/book-viii)

Prosecutes Esmeralda in the ecclesiastical court, securing her conviction for witchcraft.

### [The Crown Changed Into a Dry Leaf](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/notre_dame_de_paris_se/chapters/i-the-crown-changed-into-a-dry-leaf)

Charmolue, the procurator of the king in the Ecclesiastical Court, examines the goat and presents the case against Esmeralda.

### [Continuation of the Crown Which Was Changed Into a Dry Leaf](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/notre_dame_de_paris_se/chapters/ii-continuation-of-the-crown-which-was-changed-into-a-dry-leaf)

The procurator of the ecclesiastical court who interrogates Esmeralda with a deceptive sweetness and orders the torture.

### [End of the Crown Which Was Turned Into a Dry Leaf](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/notre_dame_de_paris_se/chapters/iii-end-of-the-crown-which-was-turned-into-a-dry-leaf)

The king's procurator in the ecclesiastical court, who delivers a lengthy Latin oration and points to the goat as evidence of Satan's presence.

### [Three Human Hearts Differently Constructed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/notre_dame_de_paris_se/chapters/vi-three-human-hearts-differently-constructed)

Orders Esmeralda to be carried to the cart after she faints at the sight of Phoebus.

### [II: Hunchbacked, One-Eyed, Lame](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/notre_dame_de_paris_se/chapters/ii-hunchbacked-one-eyed-lame)

His brigade is put to flight by Quasimodo during the rescue.

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