In 1265 a provincial Chapter at Anagni of the Roman province of the Dominican Order assigned Thomas Aquinas as regent master thereby transforming the existing "studium conventuale" at the Roman convent of Santa Sabina into the Order's first "studium provinciale" featuring as an innovation the study of philosophy ("studia philosophiae").
Vodja tega spora, William Saint-Amour, je objavil anti-beraški pamflet "De periculis novissimorum Temporum" (o nevarnostih zadnjih dneh) med padcem 1255 in pomladjo 1256.