Francois Rabelais: Rabelais was an important writer of the French Renaissance and wrote the Pantagruel, a series of books about the adventures of a giant named Gargantua and his son Pantagruel. He used his books to poke fun at rules and institutions in the society he felt needed to be changed. Though he wanted to entertain his readers he also wanted to educate them. His works are a good part of humanist interest and were banned by the Roman Catholic Church.