Contents
Foreword
Translator’s Preface
Author’s Preface
Abbreviations of Frequently Cited Works
1. An Eventful Youth: c. 1226–1245
2. Disciple of Albert the Great: Paris and Cologne 1245/46–1251/52
3. The Commentary on Isaiah (1251/52–1252/53)
4. Bachelor on the Sentences
5. Magister in Sacra Pagina (1256–1259)
6. Defender of the Medicant Religious Life
7. Return to Italy: The Summa contra Gentiles
8. The Stay in Orvieto (1261–1265)
9. The Roman Years (1265–1268): The Beginning of the Summa Theologiae
10. The Other Writings from the Roman Period
11. A New Stay in Paris: Doctrinal Confrontations (1268–1272)
12. The Second Period of Teaching at Paris (1268–1272)
13. The Commentator on Aristotle
14. The Last Teaching Period: Naples (1272–1273)
15. The Last Months and Death
16. A Troubled Aftermath: Cult, Trial, and Disputes
Epilogue: The Canonization in Avignon
Summary Chronology
Brief Catalogue of the Works of Saint Thomas Aquinas: Adapted for the English Edition
Bibliography
Index of St. Thomas’s Writings
Index of Names
Index of Subjects