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A Messenger's Mistake Forced a Friar to Risk Everything
A medieval friar, forbidden to publish, holds a dangerous formula. A messenger's mistake forces him to risk everything to send his explosive ideas.
A Messenger's Mistake Forced a Friar to Risk Everything
This episode explores the extraordinary circumstances surrounding Roger Bacon's forbidden writings, including a formula for an explosive device. It delves into the intellectual courage required to defy institutional restrictions in the medieval world.
Person: Roger Bacon
Date: 1267
Location: England
Status: Friar under institutional restriction
Topic: Medieval science and intellectual…
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