- The Roman Catholic church considers his teaching an authentic expression of
doctrine, and canon law makes study of his works the accepted basis for theology.
Lesley J.Smith
[See also: ALBERT THE GREAT; ARABIC PHILOSOPHY, INFLUENCE OF;
ARISTOTLE, INFLUENCE OF; DOMINICAN ORDER; ÉTIENNE TEMPIER;
HUGUES DE SAINT-CHER; MAGIC; PHILOSOPHY; SCHOLASTICISM;
THEOLOGY; WILLIAM OF SAINT-AMOUR]
Thomas Aquinas. Summa theologiae, ed. Dominican Fathers of the English Province. 60 vols.
Cambridge: Blackfriar’s, 1964–76. [Latin text and English translation, introductions, notes,
appendices, and glossaries.]
——. Somme théologique (Summa theologiae). 61 vols. Paris, 1925–72. [Latin-French with
commentaries.]
——. Quaestiones quodlibetales 1–2: English Quodlibetal Questions 1–2, trans. Sandra Edwards.
Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1983.
——. Basic Writings of Saint Thomas Aquinas, trans. Anton Pegis. 2 vols. New York: Random
House, 1945.
——. On the Truth of the Catholic Faith (Summa Contra Gentiles), trans. Anton C.Pegis, James
Anderson, Vernon J. Bourke, and Charles J.O’Neil. 5 vols. Garden City: Hanover House, 1955–
Chenu, Marie-Dominique. Toward Understanding Saint Thomas, trans. Albert M.Landry and
Dominic Hughes. Chicago: Regnery, 1964.
Farrell, Walter. A Companion to the Summa. 4 vols. New York: Sheed and Ward, 1941–42.
Glorieux, Palémon. Répertoire des maîtres en théologie de Paris au XIIIe siècle. 2 vols. Paris:
Vrin, 1933, Vol. 1, pp. 85–104. [Complete listing of works.]
AQUITAINE
. Aquitaine, in southwestern France, was the largest and one of the most important
provinces in France during the Middle Ages. It gave rise to successive regional
governments and a distinctive civilization that long resisted efforts of northern kings to
subdue and integrate its population into the life of the French monarchy and nation.
Nonetheless, Aquitaine was anything but a clearly defined geographical entity, nor did it
have a homogeneous population. Save for the Atlantic coast in the west, it lacked natural
geographical boundaries. Its borders therefore fluctuated under the pressure of historical
events, and it is sometimes difficult to know just which counties and regions it included.
Medieval Aquitaine was in fact an artificial conglomeration of smaller regions that
themselves did have some linguistic, cultural, and ethnic unity. Bearing in mind the
periodic changes, we may describe medieval Aquitaine as extending from its northern
limits in Poitou south of the Loire to Gascony in the south and from the coast eastward to
the Massif Central. It grouped together more than a dozen counties: in the north, Poitou
and Berry; in the center, La Marche, Limousin, Angoumois, Saintonge, Aunis, Bordelais,
Périgord, and Uzerches; and in the south, Agenais, Quercy, Rouergue, and Auvergne. As
disparate as its population was its physical environment. In climate, soil, topography,
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