While the early Reformation liked to stage itself in explicit dissent from medieval thought, Protestant theologians of the late 16th century, and especially in response to the Council of Trent, reintroduced positive and consensual references to medieval theologians such as Thomas Aquinas, John Duns Scotus or Jean Gerson. Through the example of Polanus of Polansdorf (1561-1610), a Reformed theologian working in Basel, this chapter explores the extent of this consensual reappropriation of medieval thought, analyzing the references in their historical development and context. Contrary to recent scholarship which emphasizes the polemical, eclectic, and hence merely accessory function of medieval references, it is shown that a qualified analysis allows to trace more substantial dependencies of Protestant theologians on medieval thought.