Michael, I would agree that 'Rabelaisian' has become a shorthand for a series of mediaeval values--but he did take it so much further than most. (There are more pornographic writers of the period, e.g. Aretino, but the latter was far less read, and far less interesting.)Curiously, although there are a lot of cocks and cunts in Rabelais, there is very little sex. (There is, however, the legendary 'beas