Jean Liébault (1535 – 21 June 1596) was a

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and

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, born in

Dijon Dijon (, ; ; in Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Digion'') is a city in and the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Côte-d'Or Departments of France, department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in eas ...

. He married

Nicole Estienne Nicole Estienne (c.1542-c.1588) was a French poet of the Renaissance. Life and work Her parents were Charles Estienne and Geneviève de Berly. Her father's family was influential in the printing business. The writer Jacques Grévin became engage ...

, who published several writings about marriage, in which she condemned domestic violence and a large age difference between spouses. His father-in-law was

Charles Estienne Charles Estienne (; 1504–1564), known as Carolus Stephanus in Latin and Charles Stephens in English, was an early exponent of the science of anatomy in France. Charles was a younger brother of Robert Estienne I, the famous printer, and son to ...

, author of the ''Praedieum rusticum''. 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, with an expanded edition published in 1616). He translated or authored the medical textbook ''Trois Livres appartenans aux infirmitez et maladies des femmes''.

Bibliography

* Louis-Gabriel Michaud, ''Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne : histoire par ordre alphabétique de la vie publique et privée de tous les hommes avec la collaboration de plus de 300 savants et littérateurs français ou étrangers'', 2e édition, 1843-1865 étail édition* Antonio Saltini, Storia delle scienze agrarie, t.I Dalle origini al Rinascimento, Edagricole, Bologna 1984, pp. 257–269

References

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