Jacques Rabelais was a minor French Renaissance

French Renaissance

French Renaissance is a recent term used to describe a cultural and artistic movement in France from the late 15th century to the early 17th century. It is associated with the pan-European Renaissance that many cultural historians believe originated in northern Italy in the fourteenth century...

 writer and scholar. Known mostly for his ties to grandfather François Rabelais

François Rabelais

François Rabelais was a major French Renaissance writer, doctor, Renaissance humanist, monk and Greek scholar. He has historically been regarded as a writer of fantasy, satire, the grotesque, bawdy jokes and songs...

, Jacques wrote several essays and one book that chronicled the history of other literature.

Biography

Much of Jacques' life is unknown. His birth date is approximated the middle of 1574, and is based on a letter dated 1574-03-05 from his father Auguste Rabelais, where he wrote that his wife had experienced the "quickening

Quickening

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 of Jacques" one week prior. Based on the works he wrote about, it's likely that he spent most of his life in southern France. An undated letter documents Jacques's death occurring at 75 years.

Works

• (untitled) (1612), a discussion of Abbey of Thélème, a utopia conceived by grandfather François, and its relevance in changing a France
• History Vivante (1618), a collection of essays and discussions on French literature and folk tale evolution, much of which is focused on the stories of grandfather François