Bettina d'Andrea, was an Italian legal scholar and professor in law

Law

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 and philosophy

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 at the university of Padua

University of Padua

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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

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 at the university of Bologna, she was educated by her father. She married a professor at the university of Padua, and became active there as his colleague.

Her sister, Novella d'Andrea

Novella d'Andrea

Novella d'Andrea, , was an Italian legal scholar and professor in law at the university of Bologna.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...

, taught law at the university at Bologna

Bologna

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until her death in 1335.