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{{Quote|Cornelius Agrippa (1486—1535): Celebrated wizard imprisoned by Muggles for his writings.|[[Chocolate Frog Cards|Chocolate Frog Card]].|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)}}
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'''Cornelius Agrippa''' ([[1480s|1486]]—[[1530s|1535]]) was a celebrated [[Germany|German]] [[Wizards|wizard]] who authored [[Cornelius Agrippa's books|many works]] on [[wizardkind|wizards]] and [[magic]].
   
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==Biography==
'''Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim''', also known simply as '''Cornelius Agrippa''' ([[1486]]-[[1535]]) was a celebrated German [[wizard]] who was imprisoned for his writing because [[Muggles]] thought they were works of evil.
 
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===Early life===
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Cornelius Agrippa was born in [[1480s|1486]], in [[Germany]].
   
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===Adulthood===
Agrippa's and [[Claudius Ptolemy]]'s Famous Wizard cards are the only cards missing from [[Ron Weasley]]'s collection when he meets [[Harry Potter]]
 
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{{Quote|Cornelius Agrippa lived from 1486 to 1535. He wrote books about magic and wizards. Some important people thought his books were evil, so they put him in jail for writing them.|[[Chocolate Frog Cards|Chocolate Frog Card]].|Chocolate Frog Cards}}
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[[File:Cornelius Agrippa.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Agrippa whilst imprisoned.]]
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A celebrated author, Agrippa authored some [[Cornelius Agrippa's books|works]] about [[wizardkind]] and [[magic]]. However, the persecution of witches and wizards gathered pace all over Europe in the [[15th century|fifteenth century]], and Agrippa was imprisoned by [[Muggle]]s who claimed his works were evil.
   
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For undisclosed reasons, Cornelius Agrippa was the namesake of [[Agrippa|a substance with magical properties]], used in [[potion|potion-making]].
==Life==
 
Agrippa was born in Cologne in 1486. In 1512, he taught at the University of Dole in France, lecturing on Johann Reuchlin's De verbo mirifico; as a result, Agrippa was denounced, behind his back, as a "Judaizing heretic." Agrippa's vitriolic response many months later did not endear him to the University.
 
   
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===Death and post-mortem===
In 1510, he studied briefly with Johannes Trithemius, and Agrippa sent him an early draft of his masterpiece, De occulta philosophia libri tres, a kind of summa of early modern occult thought. Trithemius was guardedly approving, but suggested that Agrippa keep the work more or less secret; Agrippa chose not to publish, perhaps for this reason, but continued to revise and rethink the book for twenty years.
 
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Cornelius Agrippa died in [[1530s|1535]], aged 49. By the [[1990s]], he was featured on a [[Chocolate Frog Cards|Chocolate Frog Card]]. This card was one of only two that were missing from [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]]'s collection when he met [[Harry Potter]] in [[1991]] (the other being [[Ptolemy]]).<ref>''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', Chapter 6</ref>
   
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==Behind the scenes==
During his wandering life in Germany, France and Italy he worked as a theologian, physician, legal expert and soldier.
 
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*[[Wikipedia:Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa|Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim]] ([[1480s|1486]] – [[1530s|1535]]) was a German soldier, physician and author whose major works include ''Declamatio de nobilitate et praecellentia foeminei sexus'' (''Declamation on the Nobility and Preeminence of the Female Sex''), a book first published in [[1520s|1529]] that asserts that women are morally and theologically superior to men, and ''[[Wikipedia:De occulta philosophia libri tres|De occulta philosophia libri tres]]'' (''Three Books on Occult Philosophy''), a trilogy of books covering a wide variety of occult topics first published between [[1530s|1531]] and [[1530s|1533]]. He was an adept in alchemy, astrology, and magic. His interest in the occult lead to criticism, and caused him to lose several jobs, but he is not known to have been imprisoned for it.<ref>"[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Cornelius_Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa]" on Wikipedia</ref>
 
He was for some time in the service of Maximilian I, probably as a soldier in Italy, but devoted his time mainly to the study of the occult sciences and to problematic theological legal questions, which exposed him to various persecutions through life, usually in the mode described above: He would be privately denounced for one sort of heresy or another. He would only reply with venom considerably later. (Nauert demonstrates this pattern effectively.)
 
 
There is no evidence that Agrippa was seriously accused, much less persecuted, for his interest in or practice of magical or occult arts during his lifetime, apart from losing several positions. It is impossible of course to cite negatively, but Nauert, the best bio-bibliographical study to date, shows no indication of such persecution, and van der Poel's careful examination of the various attacks suggest that they were founded on quite other theological grounds.
 
 
It is important to mention that, according to some scholarship, "As early as 1525 and again as late as 1533 (two years before his death) Agrippa clearly and unequivocally rejected magic in its totality, from its sources in imagined antiquity to contemporary practice." Some aspects remain unclear, but there are those who believe it was sincere (not out of fear, as a parody, or otherwise).[1] Recent scholarship (see Further Reading below, in Lehrich, Nauert, and van der Poel) generally agrees that this rejection or repudiation of magic is not what it seems: Agrippa never rejected magic in its totality, but he did retract his early manuscript of the Occult Philosophy -- to be replaced by the later form.
 
 
According to his student Johann Weyer, in the book De praestigiis daemonum, Agrippa died in Grenoble, in 1535.
 
 
==Famous Sayings==
 
He said: "Nothing is concealed from the wise and sensible, while the unbelieving and unworthy cannot learn the secrets." He emphasized: "All things which are similar and therefore connected, are drawn to each other's power." This is known as the law of resonance.
 
   
 
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*[[wikipedia:Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa|Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa]] at [[wikipedia:Main Page|Wikipedia]]
 
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"Cornelius Agrippa (1486—1535): Celebrated wizard imprisoned by Muggles for his writings."
Chocolate Frog Card.[src]

Cornelius Agrippa (14861535) was a celebrated German wizard who authored many works on wizards and magic.

Biography

Early life

Cornelius Agrippa was born in 1486, in Germany.

Adulthood

"Cornelius Agrippa lived from 1486 to 1535. He wrote books about magic and wizards. Some important people thought his books were evil, so they put him in jail for writing them."
Chocolate Frog Card.[src]
Cornelius Agrippa

Agrippa whilst imprisoned.

A celebrated author, Agrippa authored some works about wizardkind and magic. However, the persecution of witches and wizards gathered pace all over Europe in the fifteenth century, and Agrippa was imprisoned by Muggles who claimed his works were evil.

For undisclosed reasons, Cornelius Agrippa was the namesake of a substance with magical properties, used in potion-making.

Death and post-mortem

Cornelius Agrippa died in 1535, aged 49. By the 1990s, he was featured on a Chocolate Frog Card. This card was one of only two that were missing from Ron Weasley's collection when he met Harry Potter in 1991 (the other being Ptolemy).[1]

Behind the scenes

  • Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim (14861535) was a German soldier, physician and author whose major works include Declamatio de nobilitate et praecellentia foeminei sexus (Declamation on the Nobility and Preeminence of the Female Sex), a book first published in 1529 that asserts that women are morally and theologically superior to men, and De occulta philosophia libri tres (Three Books on Occult Philosophy), a trilogy of books covering a wide variety of occult topics first published between 1531 and 1533. He was an adept in alchemy, astrology, and magic. His interest in the occult lead to criticism, and caused him to lose several jobs, but he is not known to have been imprisoned for it.[2]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 6
  2. "Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa" on Wikipedia