upright|thumb|François Rabelais François Rabelais was a Franciscan and later a Benedictine monk of the 16th century. Eventually he left the monastery to study medicine, and moved to the French city of Lyon in 1532. There he wrote Gargantua and Pantagruel, a connected series of books. They tell the story of two giants—a father (Gargantua) and his son (Pantagruel) and their adventures—written in an amusing, extravagant, and satirical vein.
upright|thumb|François Rabelais François Rabelais was a Franciscan and later a Benedictine monk of the 16th century. Even.tually he left the monastery to study medicine, and moved to the French city of Lyon in 1532 There he wrote Gargantua and Pantagruel, a connected series of books. They tell the story of two giants—a father (Gargantua) and his son (Pantagrue.l) and their adventures—written in an amusing, extravagant, and satirical vein