Rabelais, Shakespeare and Cervantes are all Renaissances writers who lived in Europe during the fifteenth century. Cervantes was a Spanish writer, Shakespeare was an English writer and Rabelais was a French writer. All three writers wrote about the issues of the day. Each writer had a profound influence on the society in his own country. They helped the citizens of their respective countries to understand the major issues in their society at the time they lived. This impacted the Renaissance movement throughout the whole of early modern Europe.