Notre-Dame de Paris · Character
Doctor Coictier
The king's physician, a pompous and greedy doctor.
minor
Also known as Coictier, Jacques Coictier, Doctor Jacques Coictier
First appearance: The Retreat in Which Monsieur Louis of France Says His Prayers
Doctor Coictier shows up with force in III: Monsieur the Cardinal. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Mentioned as the doctor whose wine revisions were used by Louis XI against Edward IV.
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In III: Monsieur the Cardinal: Mentioned as the doctor whose wine revisions were used by Louis XI against Edward IV. Later, in Abbas Beati Martini: The king's physician, a crafty and prosperous man, accompanies the…
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- III: Monsieur the Cardinal
- Abbas Beati Martini
- The Retreat in Which Monsieur Louis of France Says His Prayers
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