Roger Bacon

Roger Bacon.

Life

Educated at Oxford 1228 to 1236, professor at University of Paris 1237-47, private scholar 1248-56, at Oxford 1280-1292.

Bridges' table

FACTS RELATING TO BACON'S LIFE – from The Opus Maius of Roger Bacon, edited by John Henry Bridges, London 1900, p.23.

Contemporary Events	Statements resting on later authority	Facts verified by Bacon's statement or by contemporary authority
1209. Condemnation of Aristotle's Physic and Metaphysic in Paris.	1210-15. Born near Ilchester in Dorsetshire, or, according to another tradition, in the parish of Bisley in Gloucestershire. (Cf. Brewer, p. lxxxv.)
1215. Confirmation of this by Papal Legate. (Cp. Opus Tertium, cap. 9)
1222. Alexander of Hales enters the Franciscan Order, and teaches phi-losophy in Paris.
1231. Condemnation of Physic and Metaphysic partially removed by Gregory IX.		1230. Michael Scot introduces his translations of Aristotle. (Op. Maj. vol. i. p. 55.)
		1233. Interview of Bacon with Henry III at Oxford, as described by Matthew Paris.
1238. Alexander of Hales resigns his post as a teacher of philosophy.
1245-3. First residence of Thomas Aquinas in Paris with Albertus Magnus.		1245. Heard William of Auvergue (Bishop of Paris) lecture on intellectus agens. (Op. Tert. cap. 23.)
1240. Death of William of Auvergne (Bishop of Paris).	1240. Went from Oxford to Paris about 1240. Probably entered Franciscan Order a few years later.
1252. Second residence of Aquinas in Paris of uncertain duration.	1250-7. Probablyin Oxford. Legend as to Bacon's Tower may perhaps be referred to this period.	1250. Saw the leader of the Pastoureaux marching through France in 1250. (Op. Maj. vol. i. p. 401.)
1253. Death of Grosseteste.
1255. Bonaventura becomes General of Franciscans.
1258. Bagdad captured from Saracens by Tartars.		1257. ' Exile' from Oxford to Paris began. (Op. Tert. cap. 1.) 1258-67. His family took the King's side in war with barons. (Op. Tert. cap. 3.)
1265. Guy Fulcodi elected Pope Clement IV.		1264-5. Enters into relations with Guy Fulcodi. 1266. Bacon ordered to send his writings to the Pope. 1266-7. Composition of Opus Majus, Opus Minus, Opus Tertium.
1268. Death of Clement IV.		1268. Death of Clement IV.
1270. Death of Saint Louis.		1271. Writes the Compendium Studii Philosophiae, denouncing the corruptions of the Church. (See Brewer, p. liv.)
1274. Death of Bonaventura; Jerome of Ascoli becomes General of Franciscans. Death of Thomas Aquinas. (t)Birth of Duns Scotus.	1278. Imprisonment propter novitates suspectas, 1278. (See Summa Historialis of Antoninus Archbishop of Florence, a writer of the fifteenth century.)
1280. Death of Albertus Magnus.
1288. Jerome of Ascoli becomes Nicolas IV; Raymundo Galfredi succeeds him as General.
1292. Death of Nicolas IV.	1292. Release from prison probably 1292. Died 1292 or 1294. Buried in Franciscan Church in Oxford. Legend as to exposure of his writings to wind and weather told by Wood.	1292. Writes Compendium Theologiae. See MS. of this work (Br M. Royal 7 F vii. f. 154).

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