Karen Rose Mathews discusses her book “Conflict, Commerce, and an Aesthetic of Appropriation in the Italian Maritime Cities, 1000-1150,” which analyzes the relationship between war, trade, and the use of spolia (appropriated objects from past and foreign cultures) as architectural decoration in the public monuments of the Italian maritime republics in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. 8 p.m. Books & Books, 265 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables. Details: http://booksandbooks.com.
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