4. Paper and Parchment

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. 1. Two Hundred and One Days 1
5. 2. The Death of One Cistercian 4
6. 3. Wedged between Catha and Cathay 15
7. 4. Paper and Parchment 20
8. 5. Splitting Heads and Tearing Skin 28
9. 6. Summoned to Saint-Sernin 35
10. 7. Questions about Questions 45
11. 8. Four Eavesdropping Friars 52
12. 9. The Memory of What Was Heard 57
13. 10. Lies 63
14. 11. Now Are You Willing to Put That in Writing? 74
15. 12. Before the Crusaders Came 83
16. 13. Words and Nods 92
17. 14. Not Quite Dead 104
18. 15. One Full Dish of Chestnuts 114
19. 16. Two Yellow Crosses 126
20. 17. Life around a Leaf 131
21. NOTES 133
22. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED 199
23. INDEX 219