41/82 Kopp, in his Ansichten, pushes criticism even to some scepticism as to Roger Bacon being the DISCOVERER of many of the things generally attributed to him; but, after all deductions are carefully made, enough remains to make Bacon the greatest benefactor to humanity during the Middle Ages. For Roger Bacon's deep devotion to religion and the Church, see citation and remarks in Schneider, Roger Bacon, Augsburg, 1873, p. 112; also, citation from the Opus Majus, in Eicken, chap.vi.On Bacon as a "Mohammedan," see Saisset, p.17.For the interdiction of studies in physical science by the Dominicans and Franciscans, see Henri Martin, Histoire de France, vol.iv, p.283.For suppression of chemical teaching by the Parliament of Paris, see ibid., vol.xii, pp. |