Rise of the Barristers - A Social History of the English Bar 1590-1640

Zusatztext `Dr. Prest's prose is a constant revelation. Within the last few years there have been published a number of distinguished scholarly volumes on the history of the English legal profession. Dr. Prest's new volume is another notable accretion to this excellent collection.' W.N. Osborough! The Irish Jurist! Volume XXIII! 1988 Klappentext 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. 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. Zusammenfassung The half century before the calling of the Long Parliament in 1640 saw the bar undergo rapid growth and profound structural change. Wilfrid Prest's book examines the effects of these changes on the barrister's working life and explores the participation of barristers in the cultural , social, and political life of Elizabethan and early Stuart England. The book represents a detailed study of the most powerful and prosperous professional group in early modern England. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of tables; Abbreviations; Introduction; The Business of the Bar; Demand and Supply; Group Porttrait; Advancement; Lawyers and Letters; Religion; Government and Politics; Law, Lawyers and Litigants; Appendices; Index

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• Autori: Wilfrid Prest, Wilfrid R Prest, Wilfrid R. Prest, Wilfrid R. (Reader in History Prest, Prest Wilfrid R.
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 06.11.1986
• EAN: 9780198217640
• ISBN: 978-0-19-821764-0
• Pagine: 458
• Serie: Oxford Studies in Social History; Oxford Studies in Social Histo; Oxford Studies in Social History; Oxford Studies in Social Histo
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Altro; England, Wales, European History, LAW / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Wales, 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, Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law, Laws Of Specific Jurisdictions, Wales / Cymru