Libertine

A Libertine by definition is a man who "refuses to accept current beliefs and desires to free himself from the bonds of Christian doctrine" (WEBER: page??)

In Restoration Comedy the term is often used to describe a Rake.

The Libertine is also the name of a play by Molière from the year 1665.

Sources

Weber, Harold. The Restoration Rake-Hero. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1986.