SOURCE: “Papimania, the Blessed Isle: Rabelais's Attitude to the Roman Church,” in Australian Journal of French Studies, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, September-December 1994, pp. 245-58.
In the essay below, Marshall contends that Rabelais's allegorical treatment of Papimania in the Quart Livre reveals his loyalty to the Catholic church while supporting reform of its perceived injustices and corruption.
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