Rabelais, François (Nuttall Encyclopædia) 1907 Nuttall Encyclop dia of General Knowledge R Rabelais, Fran ois a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z. Rabelais, Fran ois (1495 ‒ 1553 http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Wood-NuttallEncyclopaedia/r/rabelaisfrancois.html
Extractions: 1907 Nuttall Encyclopædia of General Knowledge R · Rabelais, François a b c d ... z Rabelais, François , great French humorist, born at Chinon, the son of a poor apothecary; was sent to a convent at nine; became a Franciscan monk; read and studied a great deal , but, sick of convent life, ran away at forty years of age; went to Montpellier , and studied medicine, and for a time practised it, particularly at Lyons ; here he commenced the series of writings that have immortalised his name, his “ Gargantua ” and “ Pantagruel ,” which he finished as curé of Meudon , forming a succession of satires in a vein of riotous mirth on monks, priests, pedants, and all the incarnate solecisms of the time, yet with all their licentiousness revealing a heart in love with mankind, and a passionate desire for the establishment of truth and justice among men ( Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia , edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907) Rabbism Races of Mankind Web fromoldbooks.org
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