He ultimately left religion altogether to pursue life as doctor (for a better understanding of what it means to be Benedictine rather than a Franciscan, visit this site on Active and Contemplative orders of monks and friars). Rabelais began his adult life as a Franciscan friar, but left the Franciscans to become a Benedictine.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, François Rabelais Introductionįrancois Rabelais lived an interesting and rather intriguing life that, in many ways, was reflected in his writing.
