The Rise of the Barristers
A Social History of the English Bar 1590-1640
Oxford University Press · Print & ebook · April 30, 1999
The barristers were the most powerful and prosperous professional group in early modern England.
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- Who it’s for
- Wilfrid Prest examines barristers’ working lives amid rapid change in early modern England.
- Genres
- Legal History, Tudor & Elizabethan Britain, Stuart Britain (1603-1714)
- Published
- Oxford University Press, April 30, 1999
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The barristers were the most powerful and prosperous professional group in early modern England. This book systematically examines the barrister's working life during a half-century of rapid growth and structural change within the legal profession. Prest analyzes patterns of professional recruitment, training, and mobility and explores the participation of barristers in the cultural, religious, and political life of Elizabethan and early Stuart England.
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This is the first book to be published in the Oxford Studies in Social History, under the general editorship of Keith Thomas. The series, which will cover all periods and parts of the world, will include original works of scholarship on a broad range of subjects of interest to historians as well as to scholars working in related fields. Read more
Barristers’ Working Lives
Wilfrid Prest examines barristers’ working lives amid rapid change in early modern England.
Come here for
- Barristers’ recruitment, training, and mobility
- Their cultural, religious, and political participation
Expect
- A half-century of professional growth and structural change
- The English Bar from 1590 to 1640
Where it sits
| Stuart Britain (1603-1714) | 90% |
|---|---|
| Tudor & Elizabethan Britain | 66% |
| Legal History | 48% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- British History
- Authors
- Wilfrid R. Prest
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Published
- April 30, 1999
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- British History