Roger Bacon's Opus Majus and Scientific Writings (1270s)

Name: Roger Bacon's Opus Majus and Scientific Writings (1270s)
Start: 1270
End: 1279

Type Event Region England Time 1270–1279

In the 1270s, English Franciscan scholar Roger Bacon continued natural philosophy and experimental science research at Oxford, with his Opus Majus sy…

Timeline

1270–1275Oxford · EnglandBacon circulated his Opus Majus, Opus Majus, and Opus Tertium among Oxford scholarly circles, systematically expounding experiments with optical lenses, calendar reform, and mathematics as the foundation of science, influencing contemporary scholastic scholars.
1272–1278England · EnglandIn the 1270s Bacon continued to emphasize the importance of empirical observation and repeatable experiments, criticizing blind reliance on classical authorities; his writings on optics and gunpowder formulas spread in manuscripts, foreshadowing the methodological turn of the later Scientific Revolution.

Sources

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Roger Bacon (2004) https://www.oxforddnb.com/
Roger Bacon and the Sciences: Commemorative Essays — Jeremiah Hackett (1997)