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Which 16th-century French humanist wrote the comic novels 'Gargantua and Pantagruel' about two giants, filled with satire, scatology, and erudition?

Answer: Francois Rabelais — Rabelais was a monk, physician, and writer whose ribald, encyclopaedic novels embody the Renaissance spirit of intellectual freedom.

Rabelais was a monk, physician, and writer whose ribald, encyclopaedic novels embody the Renaissance spirit of intellectual freedom.

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