Augustine Thompson

Augustine Thompson, O.P. is the Praeses of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto. He previously taught medieval religious history at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, the University of Virginia, and the University of Oregon. His books and articles, focused especially on high medieval Italian religious and intellectual history, include most recently Dominican Brothers: Conversi, Lay, and Cooperator Friars (2017); Francis of Assisi: A New Biography (2012); and Cities of...See more

Augustine Thompson, O.P. is the Praeses of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto. He previously taught medieval religious history at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, the University of Virginia, and the University of Oregon. His books and articles, focused especially on high medieval Italian religious and intellectual history, include most recently Dominican Brothers: Conversi, Lay, and Cooperator Friars (2017); Francis of Assisi: A New Biography (2012); and Cities of God: The Religion of the Italian Communes, 1125-1325 (2005). See less