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The Educational Approach of the Dominican Order in the Middle Ages

Orta Çağ'da Dominiken Tarikatı'nın Eğitim Anlayışı

Banu Çetin Ünal(Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Literature, Department of History, Trabzon, Turkey)0000-0003-2651-6286
Pages
459–478
Publication Date
2026-05-24
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This study, prepared by drawing upon both original sources of the period and modern literature, aims to reveal the contributions of the Dominican educational system to the formation and institutionalization of medieval university structures, as well as to the development of scholastic thought.

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Objective & Hypothesis:In this article, the educational system of the Dominican Order is examined as a structural phenomenon that shaped and transformed the intellectual landscape of Europe in the late Middle Ages.
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Abstract

In this article, the educational system of the Dominican Order is examined as a structural phenomenon that shaped and transformed the intellectual landscape of Europe in the late Middle Ages. The discussion focuses on the fundamental dynamics that led the Order—founded by Saint Dominic—to shift away from its original model of itinerant preachers based on poverty and to emerge as an influential institutional force in the field of education. In the study, the transformation of the educational approach shaped around the Order’s mission of preaching into institutions of studium generale character from monastic schools over time is examined. Dominican pedagogy, shaped particularly through the contributions of thinkers such as Albertus Magnus and Thomas Aquinas, is evaluated together with its philosophical and theological foundations. The Order’s curriculum, teaching methods, student-instructor relationships, and institutional regulations are examined in detail. This study, prepared by drawing upon both original sources of the period and modern literature, aims to reveal the contributions of the Dominican educational system to the formation and institutionalization of medieval university structures, as well as to the development of scholastic thought.

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Bu makalede Dominiken Tarikatı’nın eğitim sistemi, geç Orta Çağ’da Avrupa’nın entelektüel coğrafyasını şekillendirerek dönüştüren yapısal bir olgu olarak ele alınmaktadır. Aziz Dominik tarafından kurulan tarikatın yoksulluğu temel alan gezgin vaiz modelinden uzaklaşıp eğitim alanında etkili bir yapılanma olarak öne çıkmaya yönelten temel dinamikler üzerine bir tartışma yürütülmektedir. Çalışmada, tarikatın vaaz etme misyonu etrafında şekillenen eğitim anlayışının, zamanla manastır okullarından studium generale niteliğindeki kurumlara doğru geçirdiği dönüşüm incelenmektedir. Özellikle Albertus Magnus ve Thomas Aquinas gibi düşünürlerin katkılarıyla şekillenen Dominiken pedagojisi, felsefi ve teolojik temelleriyle birlikte değerlendirilmektedir. Tarikatın öğretim planı, öğretim yöntemleri, öğrenci-öğretici ilişkileri ve kurumsal düzenlemeleri ayrıntılı bir şekilde ele alınmıştır. Hem dönemin özgün kaynaklarından hem de modern literatürden yararlanılarak hazırlanan bu çalışma, Dominiken eğitim sisteminin Orta Çağ üniversite yapılarının oluşumuna, kurumsallaşmasına ve skolastik düşüncenin gelişimine olan katkılarını ortaya koymayı amaçlamaktadır.

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Ünal, B. Ç. (2026). The Educational Approach of the Dominican Order in the Middle Ages. History Studies, Cilt: 18 Sayı: 2, 459–478. https://doi.org/10.9737/historystudies.1765715

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