Employing an in-depth study of the prologues and preaching skills of Thomas Aquinas and Bonaventure, this book will spur a fundamental reconsideration of the scholastic culture of the High Middle Ages and of the educational culture that informed their impressive body of work whose influence is still widespread today.

By focusing attention on the importance of preaching, this book should spur a fundamental reconsideration of 'scholastic' culture and education.