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The Origins of Witchcraft

A series of acts against witchcraft, conjuration and sorcerer were passed during the reigns of Henry the eighth and Elizabeth the first. None of the relevant legal statutes mentions anything resembling a familiar until 1604 act of James the first. The concept was clearly well established in popular imagination long before it acquired formal legal recognition.

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