Professions in Early Modern England

List of contents

List of Tables Preface List of Contributors List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction: The Professions and Society in Early Modern England 2. The Anatomy of Profession: the Clergy of the Church of England 3. Lawyers 4. Medical Practice in Early Modern England: Trade or Profession? 5. A Drudgery of Schoolmasters: the Teaching Profession in Elizabethan and Stuart England 6. The Estate Steward 7. The Profession of Arms Index

About the author

Wilfrid Prest

Summary

First published in 1987, The Professions in Early Modern England highlights the significant role of professional and quasi-professional occupations in English society before the industrial revolution, contrary to what was once historiographical and sociological orthodoxy.

Product details

• Authors: Wilfrid Prest
• Assisted by: Wilfrid Prest (Editor), Prest Wilfrid (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2023
• EAN: 9781032566283
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3256628-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; England, European History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Historiography, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), Historiography, British & Irish history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700