ENG150Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Gargantua And Pantagruel, Jean Du Bellay, Marguerite De Navarre
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1494 - 1553 born in year that pope divides world and gives half to spain and portugal. Nasier similar to word messing around (his other name) Worked and lived in touraine, central region of france, he didn"t really like paris. Writing as healing > significant, physician and positions as a healer, aims to heal readings through writing. Anticlericalism, does not enjoy set up of catholic church, doesn"t like priests or hierarchy, did not like supposedly knows hebrew sorbonne. Contemporary religious controversies, makes fun of early modern french debates between catholics and early modern reformers about communion (symbol or legit?) and other. Rabelais, calvin, the reform: le quart livre and the theology of the eucharist a lot of fake stuff in a society where works were transmitted as manuscripts (without permission) so the 5th book is probably fake. Protestants apposed to idea that works will get you to heaven. So protestants believe only faith will get you there.
