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The '''Wizards' Council''' was the predecessor to the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]], and governed the [[Wizarding world|wizarding community]] of [[Great Britain]] until the formation of the Ministry. The council may have continued as part of the Ministry as the [[Wizengamot]].
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The '''Wizards' Council''' was the longest-serving (though not the only) body to govern the [[Wizarding world|wizarding community]] of [[Great Britain|Britain]], before the establishment of the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]]<ref name="PMministers"/>
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Upon the signature of the [[International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy]] in [[1690s|1692]], the wizarding community needed a more highly structured, organised and complex government structure, to support and regulate the community in hiding. Thus, in [[1700s|1707]], the Wizards' Council disbanded to be replaced by the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]]. The first Minister was [[Ulick Gamp]], who, in the days of the Council, had served as [[Chief Warlock]] of the [[Wizengamot]].<ref name="PMministers"/>
   
 
==Known Wizards' Council members==
  
==Known Wizards' Council members==
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*[[Barberus Bragge]] (Chief, c. [[1269]])
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*[[Barberus Bragge]] (Chief, c. [[1260s|1269]])
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*[[Burdock Muldoon]] (Chief, fourteenth or fifteenth century)
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*[[Burdock Muldoon]] (Chief, [[1440s|1448]]-[[1450s|1450]]) <ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)]]'' </ref>
 
*[[Elfrida Clagg]] (Chief, fourteenth or seventeenth century)
  
*[[Elfrida Clagg]] (Chief, fourteenth or seventeenth century)
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*[[Ulick Gamp]] (Head of the [[Wizengamot]], early eighteenth century)<ref name="PMministers"/>
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==Known Wizard's Council Actions==
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* [[1340s]]: Does not censure [[Nicholas Malfoy]], who was widely believed to have been killing [[Muggle]] tenants and disguising their deaths as [[Black Death]] victims.<ref name="PMmalfoy">''[[Pottermore]]'' - "The Malfoy Family"</ref>
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* [[1360s|1362]]: Made it illegal to play Quidditch within 50 miles of towns.
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* [[1360s|1368]]: Amended the ban on Quidditch by outlawing all playing within 100 miles of a town.
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* [[1490s|1499]]: Decreed that Quidditch should not be played anywhere where there is the slightest chance a Muggle could see and that violators of that decree would be chained to the wall of a dungeon.
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* [[1630s|1631]]: Passes the [[Code of Wand Use]] (which Clause Three is the infamous [[Wand Ban]], forbidding non-Human magical Beings such as [[house-elf|house-elves]] or [[goblin]]s to carry a wand).
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* [[1630s|1637]]: Develops the [[Werewolf Code of Conduct]], in hopes that werewolves sign it. Unsurprisingly, none was willing to show up before the Council and admit to being a werewolf.
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* [[1690s|1692]]: Signed the [[International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy]].<ref name="PMministers"/>
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* [[1700s|1707]]: Disbanded, to be replaced by the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]].<ref name="PMministers"/>
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==Behind the scenes==
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*It is known that the [[Department of Mysteries]] was already in operation in at least [[1670s|1672]],<ref name="TBBbrcs">''[[The Tales of Beedle the Bard (real)|The Tales of Beedle the Bard]]'' - ''Albus Dumbledore on "''Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump''"''</ref> so it is probable that before the inception of the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] in [[1700s|1707]], it was a division of the Wizards' Council.
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*In Elfrida Clagg's entry on ''[[Pottermore]]'''s Timeline of the Wizarding World, the Wizards' Council was originally incorrectly referred to as the "Warlock's Councils". The mistake has since been corrected.<ref>''[[Pottermore]]'' - [http://www.pottermore.com/en/timeline Timeline of the Wizarding World]</ref>
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*The Wizard's Council likely governed [[Ireland]] as well as [[Great Britain]].
   
 
==See also==
  
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==Appearances==
  
==Appearances==
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)]]'' {{FWC mention}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)]]'' {{FWC mention}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)]]'' {{FWC mention}}
 
*''[[Quidditch Through the Ages (real)|Quidditch Through the Ages]]''
  
*''[[Quidditch Through the Ages (real)|Quidditch Through the Ages]]''
 
*''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real)|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]''
  
*''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real)|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]''
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*''[[Pottermore]]'' {{Mention}}
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==Notes and references==
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{{Reflist}}
   
 
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Revision as of 23:05, 29 August 2015

The Wizards' Council was the longest-serving (though not the only) body to govern the wizarding community of Britain, before the establishment of the Ministry of Magic[1]

Upon the signature of the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy in 1692, the wizarding community needed a more highly structured, organised and complex government structure, to support and regulate the community in hiding. Thus, in 1707, the Wizards' Council disbanded to be replaced by the Ministry of Magic. The first Minister was Ulick Gamp, who, in the days of the Council, had served as Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot.[1]

Known Wizards' Council members

Known Wizard's Council Actions

Behind the scenes

  • It is known that the Department of Mysteries was already in operation in at least 1672,[4] so it is probable that before the inception of the Ministry of Magic in 1707, it was a division of the Wizards' Council.
  • In Elfrida Clagg's entry on Pottermore's Timeline of the Wizarding World, the Wizards' Council was originally incorrectly referred to as the "Warlock's Councils". The mistake has since been corrected.[5]
  • The Wizard's Council likely governed Ireland as well as Great Britain.

See also

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Pottermore - New from J.K. Rowling: "Ministers for Magic"
  2. ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
  3. ↑ Pottermore - "The Malfoy Family"
  4. ↑ The Tales of Beedle the Bard - Albus Dumbledore on "Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump"
  5. ↑ Pottermore - Timeline of the Wizarding World
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