The res herbaria plays an important role in Pantagruelian fiction. Not only does Rabelais offer several comedic presentations of botanical-medical knowledge, but, through a myriad of medicinal plants and two plant panaceas placed at the ends of the Tiers livre, he meditates on the therapeutic power of nature and on humankind’s place in creation.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques