Aquinas in Exile: Irish Dominican Thomists in the Seventeenth Century

How is a theological tradition preserved during institutional rupture? With regard to the Irish Church, the tumultuous seventeenth century provides an abundance of potential case studies. This article gathers evidence concerning one such tradition: the Thomistic tradition as studied and taught by friars of the Irish Dominican Province. The surprising vitality of this tradition is evidenced in the careers of individual friars, the priorities of continental studia founded by the Province, and the movement of Thomistic scholars and books from continental Europe to the Irish mission.