FACTS RELATING TO BACON'S LIFE

Contemporary Events.

1209. Condemnation of Aristotle's Physic and Metaphysic in Paris.
1215. Confirmation of this by Papal Legate. (Cp. Opus Tertium, cap. 9.)
1222. Alexander of Hales enters the Franciscan Order, and teaches philosophy in Paris.
1231. Condemnation of Physic and Metaphysic partially removed by Gregory IX.
1238. Alexander of Hales resigns his post as a teacher of philosophy.
1245-8. First residence of Thomas Aquinas in Paris with Albertus Magnus.
1249. Death of William of Auvergne (Bishop of Paris).
1252. Second residence of Aquinas in Paris of uncertain duration.
1253. Death of Grosseteste.
1255. Bonaventura becomes General of Franciscans.
1258. Bagdad captured from Saracens by Tartars.
1265. Guy Fulcodi elected Pope Clement IV.
1268. Death of Clement IV.
1270. Death of Saint Louis.
1274. Death of Bonaventura; Jerome of Ascoli becomes General of Franciscans.
Death of Thomas Aquinas.
(!) Birth of Duns Scotus.
1280. Death of Albertus Magnus.
1288. Jerome of Ascoli becomes Nicolas IV; Raymundo Galfredi succeeds him as General.
1292. Death of Nicolas IV.

Statements resting on later authority.

1210-15. Born near Ilchester in Dorsetshire, or, according to another tradition, in the parish of Bisley in Gloucestershire. (Cf. Brewer, p. lxxxv.)

1240. Went from Oxford to Paris about 1240. Probably entered Franciscan Order a few years later.
1250-7. Probably in Oxford. Legend as to Bacon's Tower may perhaps be referred to this period.

1278. Imprisonment propter novitates suspectas on account of suspected innovations, 1278. (See Summa Historialis of Antoninus, Archbishop of Florence, a writer of the fifteenth century.)
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.

Facts verified by Bacon's statement or by contemporary authority.

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.
1245. Heard William of Auvergne (Bishop of Paris) lecture on intellectus agens active intellect. (Op. Tert. cap. 23.)
1250. Saw the leader of the Pastoureaux Shepherds marching through France in 1250. (Op. Maj. vol. i. p. 401.)
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.)
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.
1271. Writes the Compendium Studii Philosophiae Compendium of the Study of Philosophy, denouncing the corruptions of the Church. (See Brewer, p. liv.)
1292. Writes Compendium Theologiae Compendium of Theology. See MS. of this work (Br M. Royal 7 F vii. fol. 154).