Novella d'Andrea
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Novella d'Andrea, was an Italian legal scholar and professor in law at the university of Bologna
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As the daughter of Giovanni d'Andrea
, professor in Canon law
at the university of Bologna, she was educated by her father and took over his lectures at the university during his absence. According to Christine de Pisan, she talked to the students through a curtain so they would not be distracted by her beauty. She married the lawyer Giovanni Caldesimus and died young. Her father gave his work about Pope Gregory X
the name Novellae to her memory.
Her sister, Bettina d'Andrea
, taught law and philosophy at the university at Padua
, where her husband was also employed, until her death in 1335.
University of Bologna
The Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna is the oldest continually operating university in the world, the word 'universitas' being first used by this institution at its foundation. The true date of its founding is uncertain, but believed by most accounts to have been 1088...
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As the daughter of Giovanni d'Andrea
Giovanni d'Andrea
Giovanni d'Andrea or Johannes Andreæ, was an Italian expert in canon law, the most renowned and successful canonist of the later Middle Ages. His contemporaries referred to him as iuris canonici fons et tuba...
, professor in Canon law
Canon law
Canon law is the body of laws & regulations made or adopted by ecclesiastical authority, for the government of the Christian organization and its members. It is the internal ecclesiastical law governing the Catholic Church , the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches, and the Anglican Communion of...
at the university of Bologna, she was educated by her father and took over his lectures at the university during his absence. According to Christine de Pisan, she talked to the students through a curtain so they would not be distracted by her beauty. She married the lawyer Giovanni Caldesimus and died young. Her father gave his work about Pope Gregory X
Pope Gregory X
Pope Blessed Gregory X , born Tebaldo Visconti, was Pope from 1271 to 1276. He was elected by the papal election, 1268–1271, the longest papal election in the history of the Roman Catholic Church....
the name Novellae to her memory.
Her sister, Bettina d'Andrea
Bettina d'Andrea
Bettina d'Andrea, , was an Italian legal scholar and professor in law and philosophy at the university of Padua.As the daughter of Giovanni d'Andrea, professor in Canon law at the university of Bologna, she was educated by her father...
, taught law and philosophy at the university at Padua
Padua
Padua is a city and comune in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Padua and the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua's population is 212,500 . The city is sometimes included, with Venice and Treviso, in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area, having...
, where her husband was also employed, until her death in 1335.