Matilda of Canossa & the origins of the Renaissance : an exhibition in honor of the 900th anniversary of her death / by Michèle K. Spike ; with a foreword by W. Taylor Reveley, III, and an introduction by Aaron H. De Groft ; with essays by Davison M. Douglas, Paolo Golinelli, Thomas J. McSweeney, and Linda K. Tesar ; photographs by Elaine Poggi.
Publisher:
Muscarelle Museum of Art at the College of William & Mary,
Catalog from the exhibition held at the Muscarelle Museum of Art, February 7-April 19, 2015. Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-148).
Contents:
Essays on the legacy of Matilda of Canossa and the revival of Roman law. Matilda of Canossa : honoring the 900th anniversary of her death / by Michele K. Spike -- The significance of the Corpus juris civilis : Matilda of Canossa and the revival of Roman law / by Thomas J. McSweeney and Michele Spike -- The afterlife of Matilda of Canossa (1115-2015) / by Paolo Golinelli -- Jefferson's vision fulfilled / by Davison M. Douglas -- George Wythe and the study of Roman civil law in Williamsburg / by Linda K. Tesar -- Illustrated chronology of the life of Matilda of Canossa -- The revival of Roman law in Florence and in Virginia.
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