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Margaret A. Murray, the mother of familiar scholarship, has taken what was a field comprised, at best, of gossip and hearsay into a legitimate branch of study in early-modern Europe. Her work delved into the variation of the familiar found in witchcraft practices. Many of the sources she relied on were trial records and demonological texts from early-modern England. These include the 1556 Essex Witchcraft Trials of the Witches of Hatfield Perevil, the 1582 Trial of the Witches of St. Osyth, and the 1645 Essex Trials with Matthew Hopkins actin as a Witch-finder.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Murray |first=Margaret |authorlink=Margaret Murray
|title=Witches' Famailiars in England |journal=Man |volume=18 |year=1918 |month=July |pages=101 }}</ref>
By the year 2000, there hasn't been a major contributor to the scholarship of the level that Murray attained but there have been some advancements. Much hasn't changed from the contributions of Keith Tomas in 1970 to Emma Wilby writing in 2000. There has been a more historical, sociological approach to familiar scholarship. Questions concerning uses, associations with and regional comparisons and contrasts have contributed to the depth of familiar scholarship. <!--I will add the citations to my sources shortly. ~User:Davidalvsgoliath-->
==Witch trials==
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