Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
| Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa | |
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| Born |
14 September 1486 Cologne, Electorate of Cologne, Holy Roman Empire |
| Died | 18 February 1535 (aged 48) Grenoble, Kingdom of France |
| Alma mater | University of Cologne |
| Occupation | Occult writer, theologian, physician, legal expert and soldier |
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim (/əˈɡrɪpə/; 14 September 1486 – 18 February 1535) was a German polymath, physician, legal scholar, soldier, theologian and an occult writer.
Agrippa was born in Nettesheim, near Cologne on 14 September 1486 to a family of middle nobility. Many members of his family had been in the service of the House of Habsburg. Agrippa studied in University of Cologne from 1499 to 1502, when he received the degree of magister artium. The University of Cologne was one of the centers of Thomism, and the faculty of arts was split between the dominant Thomists and the Albertists. It is likely that Agrippa's interest in the occult came from this Albertist influence. Agrippa himself named Albert’s Speculum as one of his first occult study texts. He later studied in Paris, where he apparently took part in a secret society involved in the occult.
In 1508 Agrippa traveled to Spain to work as a mercenary. He continued his travels by way of Valencia, the Baleares, Sardinia, Naples, Avignon, and Lyon. He served as a captain in the army of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, who awarded him the title of Ritter or knight.
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