Jean Liébault (1535 – 21 June 1596) was a doctor and agronomist, born in Dijon.

He married Nicole Estienne, who published several writings about marriage, in which she condemned domestic violence and a large age difference between spouses.[1] His father-in-law was Charles Estienne, author of the Praedieum rusticum.[2] Liébault substantially altered and extended Estienne's book, resulting in a French text La Maison Rustique (first translated into English by Richard Surflet as "The Countrey Farme" in 1600,[3] with an expanded edition published in 1616).[4] He translated or authored the medical textbook Trois Livres appartenans aux infirmitez et maladies des femmes.[5]

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  1. ^ Robin, Diana Maury; Larsen, Anne R.; Levin, Carole (2007). Encyclopedia of women in the Renaissance: Italy, France, and England. ABC-CLIO. pp. 133–134.
  2. ^ Liaroutzos, Chantal (1998). Le pays et la mémoire- Pratique et représentations de l'espace français chez Gilles Corrozet et Charles Estienne. Honoré Champion.
  3. ^ Estienne, Charles (1600). La Maison Rustique, or the Countrie Farme. Translated by Surflet, Richard. London: Edmund Bollifant for Bonham Norton.((cite book)): CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  4. ^ Estienne, Charles; Liébault, Jean; Stevens, Charles; Markham, Gervase; Surflet, Richard (1616). Maison Rustique, or, The Countrey Farme. Printed by Adam Islip for John Bill. OCLC 181812843.
  5. ^ Liebault, Jean (1597). Trois Livres appartenans aux infirmitez et maladies des femmes. Lyons.
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