Radio meudon rabelais biography

Francois Rabelais Biography

Radio meudon rabelais biography

1493 - April 9, 1553) was a Renaissance writer, born in Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, France.

Early life
Rabelais was first a novice of the Franciscan order, and later was a monk at Fontenay-le-Comte, where he studied Greek and Latin, as well as science, philology, and law, already becoming known and respected by the humanists of his era, including Budé.

Harassed due to the directions of his studies, Rabelais petitioned Pope Clement VII and was granted the permission to leave the Franciscan order, and enter the Benedictine order at Maillezais, where he was more warmly received.

Later he left the monastery to study medicine, and probably studied at the University of Poitiers and University of Montpellier.

In 1532 he moved to Lyons, one of the intellectual centres of France, and not only practiced medicine, but edited Latin works for the printer Sebastian Gryphius. As a doctor, he used his spare time to write and