Chronology
Chronology
1200
Charter of the University of Paris
Coronation of Emperor Frederick II
1210
Prohibition against lecturing on Aristotle at Paris
1215
Founding of the Order of Preachers
Council of Lateran
First statutes of University of Paris
Magna Carta
1217
Founding of Dominican house of St James in Paris
1224
Founding of the University of Naples
1225
Thomas Aquinas born at Roccasecca
1230–39
Thomas at Monte Cassino
1231
Lifting of ban on Aristotle at Paris
1239–44
Thomas a student at University of Naples
1240
Works of Averroes become known
1240–48
Albert the Great comments on Aristotle at Paris
Roger Bacon comments on Aristotle
1244
Thomas joins the Dominicans, the Order of Preachers
Detained by family for a year in an effort to dissuade him
from being a Dominican
1245
Released by family
1245–8
Thomas a student at Paris under Albert the Great
1248
Albert founds faculty of theology at Cologne
1248–52
Thomas student and assistant of Albert at Cologne
1248–54
Crusade of St Louis
1248–55
Bonaventure teaches at Paris
1250
Death of Frederick II
1250–51
Thomas ordained priest
1252–6
Thomas Bachelor of the Sentences at Paris
1256
Thomas is named master of theology
1256–9
Regent master at Paris
1257
Thomas and Bonaventure acknowledged by other Paris masters
Thomas in Italy1
1263
William of Moerbeke, fellow Dominican, translates
Aristotle directly from Greek
1264
Thomas composes the liturgy for the feast of Corpus Christi
1266–70
Averroist controversy at Paris
1268–72
Thomas regent master at Paris for second time
1270
Condemnation of Latin Averroism
1272
Thomas named regent master at Naples
1273
On 6 December Thomas stops writing
1274
On way to Council of Lyons in February Thomas falls ill, is taken to Fossanova where he dies on 7 March
Letter from the faculty of arts to the master general of the Dominicans
1276
Roman de la Rose
1277
Condemnation at Paris of 219 propositions; Thomas comes under posthumous cloud
At Oxford, Robert Kilwardby, Archbishop of Canterbury and Dominican, condemns propositions of Thomistic inspiration
1874
John Peckham, Archbishop of Canterbury and Franciscan, who had been resident in Paris during Thoimas’s second regency, confirms condemnations of his predecessor
1321
Thomas canonized by Pope John XXII at Avignon
1325
Revocation of Paris condemnation
1527
Thomas proclaimed Doctor of the Church