An Introduction to 16th-century French Literature and Thought

The age of Shakespeare, Cervantes, Erasmus, Luther, and Machiavelli produced in France too some of Europe''s greatest ever literature and thought: Montaigne''s Essays, Rabelais'' comic fictions, Ronsard''s poetry, Calvin''s theology. These and numerous other extraordinary writings emerged from and contributed to cultural upheavals: the movement usually known as the Renaissance, which sought to rev...