Scholastic thought dominated European theological and philosophical thought from about the tenth century A.D. to about the sixteenth century, and was influential well beyond that. The scholastic tradition was the principal means by which the philosophical and theological thought of the ancient world was transmitted to the modern world. | Scholastic thought dominated European theological and philosophical thought from about the tenth century A.D. to about the sixteenth century, and was influential well beyond that. The scholastic tradition was the principal means by which the philosophical and theological thought of the ancient world was transmitted to the modern world. |