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The '''Educational Decrees''' are laws created by the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] to set or modify standards at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]].
 
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[[File:Educational Decrees.png|250px|thumb|right|Various Educational Decrees displayed outside the [[Great Hall]]]]
 
'''Educational Decrees''' were laws created by the [[British Ministry of Magic]] to set or modify standards at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]].
   
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==History==
==[[1995]]–[[1996]]==
 
During the [[1995–1996 school year]], the Ministry (spearheaded by [[Dolores Umbridge]]) created new educational decrees to suppress and outlaw behaviour of which the Ministry did not approve, some of which would outright expel the students found to be in transgression of. In truth, however, is just an excuse to strip [[Albus Dumbledore]] of his [[Headmaster|headship]] of the school and give it to Umbridge. These new ones were abolished when [[Albus Dumbledore]] and [[Harry Potter]] proved [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort's]] return.
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During the [[1995–1996 school year]], the Ministry were no longer impressed by the standards at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] under the headship of [[Albus Dumbledore]], because they thought he was lying about [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]]'s return.<ref name="OOTP15">{{OOTP|B|15}}</ref>
   
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Spearheaded by [[Dolores Umbridge]], they created new educational decrees to suppress and outlaw behaviour of which the Ministry did not approve, some of which would outright expel the students found to be in transgression of.<ref name="OOTP24">{{OOTP|B|24}}</ref> In truth, however, they were just an excuse to strip Dumbledore of his [[Headmaster|headship]] of the school and give it to Umbridge.<ref name="OOTP28">{{OOTP|B|28}}</ref> [[Minerva McGonagall]] was shown to strongly dislike them, as when Umbridge pulled out a new decree, she exclaimed "Not another one!" Educational decrees were even used to control the teachers and limited the help they were able to give to their students, including giving no advice on anything that was not connected to their subject.<ref name="OOTP25">{{OOTP|B|25}}</ref> When Harry created [[Dumbledore's Army]], she eventually created Educational Decree Number 24. These educational decrees were abolished when [[Albus Dumbledore]] and [[Harry Potter]] proved Lord Voldemort's return.<ref name="OOTP38">{{OOTP|B|38}}</ref>
==Known Educational Decrees==
 
* [[Educational Decree Number Twenty-Two]]
 
* [[Educational Decree Number Twenty-Three]]
 
* [[Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four]]
 
* [[Educational Decree Number Twenty-Five]]
 
* [[Educational Decree Number Twenty-Six]]
 
* [[Educational Decree Number Twenty-Seven]]
 
* [[Educational Decree Number Twenty-Eight]]
 
* [[Educational Decree Number Twenty-Nine]] (never actually passed)
 
* [[Educational Decree Number Thirty]]
 
* [[Educational Decree Number Thirty-Five]]
 
* [[Educational Decree Number Thirty-Seven]]
 
* [[Educational Decree Number Thirty-Eight]]
 
* [[Educational Decree Number Thirty-Nine]]
 
   
 
==Known Educational Decrees==
==Education Decrees Gallery==
 
 
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Educational Decree Number 23.jpg|[[Educational Decree Number Twenty-Three]]<br/>([[Dolores Umbridge]] as [[Hogwarts High Inquisitor]])<ref name="OOTP15"/>
File:Educational_Decree_Number_23.jpg|Educational Decree Number 23
 
File:Educational_Decree_Number_68_(24).jpg|Educational Decree Number 24
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Educational Decree Number 68 (24).jpg|[[Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four]]<br/>(all student clubs disbanded)<ref name="OOTP17">{{OOTP|B|17}}</ref>
File:Proclamation -27 Poster.JPG|Educational Decree Number 27
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Proclamation -27 Poster.JPG|[[Educational Decree Number Twenty-Seven]]<br/>(''[[The Quibbler]]'' banned)<ref name="OOTP26">{{OOTP|B|26}}</ref>
File:Educational_Decree_Number_119_(28).jpg|Educational Decree Number 28
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Educational Decree Number 119 (28).jpg|[[Educational Decree Number Twenty-Eight]]<br/>(Dolores Umbridge as [[Head of Hogwarts]])<ref name="OOTP28">{{OOTP|B|28}}</ref>
 
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*[[Educational Decree Number Twenty-Two]] (gave the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry]] the power to appoint [[professor]]s if the [[Headmaster]] was unable to find anyone suitable)<ref name="OOTP15"/>
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*[[Educational Decree Number Twenty-Five]] (High Inquisitor in charge of punishments)<ref name="OOTP19">{{OOTP|B|19}}</ref>
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*[[Educational Decree Number Twenty-Six]] (forbade the teachers from giving any information not related to subjects they were hired to teach)<ref name="OOTP25"/>
 
*[[Educational Decree Number Twenty-Nine]] (corporal punishment, never actually passed)<ref name="OOTP28"/>
   
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
==Behind the scenes==
[[File:Fireworks.jpg|thumb|300px|The destruction of all the Educational Decrees.]]
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[[File:Fireworks.jpg|250px|thumb|right|The destruction of all the Educational Decrees]]
* In the [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'', the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] creates at least one-hundred and thirty-six Decrees, which by the end of the year nearly cover the entire wall outside the [[Great Hall]]. Most of these Decrees were placed to reinforce ridiculous rules that suit Umbridge's sadistic, intruding, and old-fashioned nature:
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*In the book, the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry]] only created twenty-eight Educational Decrees (and the twenty-ninth pending). However, in {{OOTP|FA}}, the Ministry created at least one-hundred and thirty-six Decrees, and posted them on the wall outside the [[Great Hall]]; by the end of the year, they nearly covered the entire wall. Most of these Decrees were placed to reinforce ridiculous rules that suit Umbridge's sadistic, intrusive, and old-fashioned nature. Among the known decrees were:
** [[Educational Decree Number One]] (punished students found in possession of a spell check quill)
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**[[Educational Decree Number One]] (punished students found in possession of a spell check quill)
** [[Educational Decree Number Nine]] (expelled students found in possession of sweets from "unauthorised suppliers")
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**[[Educational Decree Number Nine]] (expelled students found in possession of sweets from "unauthorised suppliers")
** [[Educational Decree Number Twelve]] (allowed Hogwarts to be subject to informal scrutiny by an approved Ministry member, essentially a precursor to Educational Decree Number Twenty-Three)
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**[[Educational Decree Number Twelve]] (allowed Hogwarts to be subject to informal scrutiny by an approved Ministry member, essentially a precursor to Educational Decree Number Twenty-Three)
** [[Educational Decree Number Twenty-Three]] (the only canonically-numbered Educational Decree in the film; created the post of High Inquisitor and nominated Dolores Umbridge for the post)
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**[[Educational Decree Number Twenty-Three]] (the only canonically-numbered Educational Decree in the film; created the post of High Inquisitor and nominated Dolores Umbridge for the post)
** [[Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four (non-canonical)|Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four]] (forbade the playing of music during study hours)
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**[[Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four (non-canonical)|Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four]] (forbade the playing of music during study hours)
** [[Educational Decree Number Twenty-Five (non-canonical)|Educational Decree Number Twenty-Five]] (forbade students from broom flight, the exception being authorised Quidditch practice)
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**[[Educational Decree Number Twenty-Five (non-canonical)|Educational Decree Number Twenty-Five]] (forbade students from broom flight, the exception being authorised Quidditch practice)
** [[Educational Decree Number Twenty-Six (non-canonical)|Educational Decree Number Twenty-Six]] (forbade boys and girls from being within six inches of each other)
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**[[Educational Decree Number Twenty-Six (non-canonical)|Educational Decree Number Twenty-Six]] (forbade boys and girls from being within six inches of each other)
** [[Educational Decree Number Twenty-Nine (non-canonical)|Educational Decree Number Twenty-Nine]] (gave Umbridge the power to review all extra-curricular activities)
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**[[Educational Decree Number Twenty-Nine (non-canonical)|Educational Decree Number Twenty-Nine]] (gave Umbridge the power to review all extra-curricular activities)
** [[Educational Decree Number Thirty]] (prohibited joke products made by [[Fred and George Weasley]])
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**[[Educational Decree Number Thirty]] (prohibited joke products made by [[Fred and George Weasley]])
** [[Educational Decree Number Thirty-Five]] (banned items that were not of educational value)
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**[[Educational Decree Number Thirty-One]] (forbade boys and girls from being within eight inches of each other)
** [[Educational Decree Number Thirty-Seven]] (boys to keeps their hands outside their cloaks)
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**[[Educational Decree Number Thirty-Five]] (banned items that were not of educational value)
** [[Educational Decree Number Thirty-Eight]] (banishment of all non-educational toys and games, more or less redundant of Decree Number Thirty-Five)
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**[[Educational Decree Number Thirty-Seven]] (boys to keeps their hands outside their cloaks)
** [[Educational Decree Number Thirty-Nine]] (confiscation of wands)
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**[[Educational Decree Number Thirty-Eight]] (banishment of all non-educational toys and games, more or less redundant of Decree Number Thirty-Five)
** [[Educational Decree Number Forty-One]] (banned students from discussing "the upsetting events of last year")
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**[[Educational Decree Number Thirty-Nine]] (confiscation of wands)
** [[Educational Decree Number Forty-Five]] (proper dress and decorum)
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**[[Educational Decree Number Forty-One]] (banned students from discussing "the upsetting events of last year")
** [[Educational Decree Number Forty-Six]] (banned from Hogwarts all literature written by non-[[Wizardkind|wizards]] or [[half-breed]]s)
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**[[Educational Decree Number Forty-Five]] (proper dress and decorum)
** [[Educational Decree Number Forty-Seven]] (required students to consent to allow their [[owl post]] to be checked for illegal contraband)
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**[[Educational Decree Number Forty-Six]] (banned from Hogwarts all literature written by non-[[Wizardkind|wizards]] or [[half-breed]]s)
** [[Educational Decree Number Forty-Eight]] (required any complaints about Hogwarts or its staff to be made in writing to the High Inquisitor)
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**[[Educational Decree Number Forty-Seven]] (required students to consent to allow their [[Owl Postal Service|owl post]] to be checked for illegal contraband)
** [[Educational Decree Number Forty-Nine]] (cancelled Quidditch Matches)
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**[[Educational Decree Number Forty-Eight]] (required any complaints about Hogwarts or its staff to be made in writing to the High Inquisitor)
** [[Educational Decree Number Sixty-Seven]] (forbade [[exploding bonbons]] to explode)
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**[[Educational Decree Number Forty-Nine]] (cancelled Quidditch Matches)
** [[Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four|Educational Decree Number Sixty-Eight]] (the book's Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four)
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**[[Educational Decree Number Sixty-Seven]] (forbade [[exploding bonbons]] to explode)
** [[Educational Decree Number Seventy-Four]] (made the tagging of students' owls mandatory)
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**[[Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four|Educational Decree Number Sixty-Eight]] (the book's Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four)
** [[Educational Decree Number Seventy-Five]] (confined pets to common rooms and dormitories and owls to the owlery)
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**[[Educational Decree Number Seventy-Four]] (made the tagging of students' owls mandatory)
** [[Educational Decree Number Twenty-Seven|Educational Decree Number Seventy-Six]] (the book's Educational Decree Number Twenty-Seven)
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**[[Educational Decree Number Seventy-Five]] (confined pets to common rooms and dormitories and owls to the owlery)
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**[[Educational Decree Number Twenty-Seven|Educational Decree Number Seventy-Six]] (the book's Educational Decree Number Twenty-Seven)
 
**[[Educational Decree Number Twenty-Six|Educational Decree Number Seventy-Seven]] (the book's Educational Decree Number Twenty-Six)
 
**[[Educational Decree Number Twenty-Six|Educational Decree Number Seventy-Seven]] (the book's Educational Decree Number Twenty-Six)
** [[Educational Decree Number Eighty-One]] (forbade Red Howlers)
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**[[Educational Decree Number Eighty-One]] (forbade Red Howlers)
** [[Educational Decree Number Eighty-Two]] (forced the students to submit to questioning about "[[Dumbledore's Army|suspected illicit activities]]")
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**[[Educational Decree Number Eighty-Two]] (forced the students to submit to questioning about "[[Dumbledore's Army|suspected illicit activities]]")
** [[Educational Decree Number Ninety-Eight]] (established the [[Inquisitorial Squad]])
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**[[Educational Decree Number Eighty-Five]]
** [[Educational Decree Number Ninety-Nine]] (forbade the usage of [[magic]] to change the students' physical appearance)
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**[[Educational Decree Number Ninety-Eight]] (established the [[Inquisitorial Squad]])
** [[Educational Decree Number One-Hundred and Nine]] (punished students who cast prohibited spells)
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**[[Educational Decree Number Ninety-Nine]] (forbade the usage of [[magic]] to change the students' physical appearance)
** [[Educational Decree Number Twenty-Eight|Educational Decree Number One-Hundred and Nineteen]] (the book's Educational Decree Number Twenty-Eight)
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**[[Educational Decree Number One-Hundred and Nine]] (punished students who cast prohibited spells)
** [[Educational Decree Number One-Hundred and Twenty-Seven]] (Had something to do with teachers being dismissed, possibly related to the book's [[Educational Decree Number Twenty-Two]])
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**[[Educational Decree Number Twenty-Eight|Educational Decree Number One-Hundred and Nineteen]] (the book's Educational Decree Number Twenty-Eight)
** [[Educational Decree Number One-Hundred and Twenty-Eight]] (forbade the existence of any student organisation not approved by the High Inquisitor; essentially a recycle of the earlier Educational Decree Number Sixty-Eight)
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**[[Educational Decree Number One-Hundred and Twenty-Seven]] (had something to do with teachers being dismissed, possibly related to the book's [[Educational Decree Number Twenty-Two]])
** [[Educational Decree Number One-Hundred and Twenty-Nine]] (imposed restrictions on the usage of the school library and common rooms)
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**[[Educational Decree Number One-Hundred and Twenty-Eight]] (forbade the existence of any student organisation not approved by the High Inquisitor; essentially a recycle of the earlier Educational Decree Number Sixty-Eight)
** [[Educational Decree Number One-Hundred and Thirty-Three]] (gave Umbridge the power to confiscate any unauthorised book from students)
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**[[Educational Decree Number One-Hundred and Twenty-Nine]] (imposed restrictions on the usage of the school library and common rooms)
** [[Educational Decree Number One-Hundred and Thirty-Six]] (encouraged students be forthcoming regarding suspicious or outlawed activities)
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**[[Educational Decree Number One-Hundred and Thirty-Three]] (gave Umbridge the power to confiscate any unauthorised book from students)
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**[[Educational Decree Number One-Hundred and Thirty-Six]] (encouraged students be forthcoming regarding suspicious or outlawed activities)
* In the [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|film version]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'', when [[Fred and George Weasley]] fled from school after releasing a torrent of [[Weasleys' Wildfire Whiz-bangs|enchanted fireworks]], one of them took the form of a [[dragon]] and destroyed all of the Educational Decrees hanging on the walls while chasing Umbridge, causing them all to crash down.
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*In {{OOTP|FA}}, when [[Fred and George Weasley]] fled from school after releasing a torrent of [[Weasleys' Wildfire Whiz-bangs|enchanted fireworks]], one of them took the form of a [[dragon]] and destroyed all of the Educational Decrees hanging on the walls while chasing Umbridge, causing them all to shatter and fall down, much to the cheers of the students.
* In the handheld versions of the [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)|''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' video game]], the numerous Educational Decrees are visible outside the Great Hall for the entire game, even at the beginning of the term before any of them should have been passed.
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*In the handheld versions of the [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)|''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' video game]], the numerous Educational Decrees are visible outside the Great Hall for the entire game, even at the beginning of the term before any of them should have been passed.
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*The introduction of these Decrees was subject to the approval of a board of jurists known as the [[Very Important Members of Section M.I. Trx.]]
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
 
{{Imagecat|Images of Educational Decrees}}
 
{{Imagecat|Images of Educational Decrees}}
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*{{OOTP}} {{1st}}
* ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' {{1st}}
 
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*{{OOTP|F}}
* ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)]]''
 
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*{{OOTP|G}}
* ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)]]''
 
* ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' {{Mention}}
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*{{DH}} {{Mention}}
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*{{PM}} {{Mention}}
* ''[[The Making of Harry Potter]]''
 
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*{{WW}} {{Mention}}
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*{{WU}}
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*{{MA}} {{Spell card}}
   
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Latest revision as of 04:58, 31 December 2023

Educational Decrees

Various Educational Decrees displayed outside the Great Hall

Educational Decrees were laws created by the British Ministry of Magic to set or modify standards at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

History

During the 1995–1996 school year, the Ministry were no longer impressed by the standards at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry under the headship of Albus Dumbledore, because they thought he was lying about Lord Voldemort's return.[1]

Spearheaded by Dolores Umbridge, they created new educational decrees to suppress and outlaw behaviour of which the Ministry did not approve, some of which would outright expel the students found to be in transgression of.[2] In truth, however, they were just an excuse to strip Dumbledore of his headship of the school and give it to Umbridge.[3] Minerva McGonagall was shown to strongly dislike them, as when Umbridge pulled out a new decree, she exclaimed "Not another one!" Educational decrees were even used to control the teachers and limited the help they were able to give to their students, including giving no advice on anything that was not connected to their subject.[4] When Harry created Dumbledore's Army, she eventually created Educational Decree Number 24. These educational decrees were abolished when Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter proved Lord Voldemort's return.[5]

Known Educational Decrees

Behind the scenes

Fireworks

The destruction of all the Educational Decrees

Appearances

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Notes and references

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 15 (The Hogwarts High Inquisitor)
  2. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 24 (Occlumency)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 28 (Snape's Worst Memory)
  4. 4.0 4.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 25 (The Beetle at Bay)
  5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 38 (The Second War Begins)
  6. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 17 (Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four)
  7. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 26 (Seen and Unforeseen)
  8. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 19 (The Lion and the Serpent)