The Rise of the Barristers by Wilfrid R Prest

The Rise of the Barristers by Wilfrid R Prest

Barristers constituted the most powerful and prosperous professional group in early modern England. In the half-century before the calling of the Long Parliament in 1640, this branch of the legal profession grew rapidly and underwent profound structural change. Wilfrid Prest systematically examines the effects of these changes on the barrister's working life, along with the changing balance between supply and demand for his services during this formative period. Patterns of professional recruitment, training, and mobility have been reconstructed from the social origins and careers of some 500 individual lawyers, and separate chapters explore the participation of barristers in the cultural, religious, and political life of Elizabethan and early Stuart England. The book concludes by considering the nature and underlying causes of the largely unfavourable image of the early modern lawyer.

"The Rise of the Barristers is an innovative and fundamental contribution to the history of the legal profession and it becomes the new base for future enquiry" Times Literary Supplement
Prest possesses imagination as well as erudition, and is anxious to consider the impact of barristers on the wider society. * English Historical Review *
It is very much a professional's book, searching in its questions, accountable in its methodology, and scrupulous with regard to its conclusions. * Historical Studies *

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ISBN 13	9780198202585
ISBN 10	019820258X
Titre	The Rise of the Barristers
Auteur	Wilfrid R Prest
Série	Oxford Studies In Social History
État	Non disponible
Type de reliure	Paperback
Éditeur	Oxford University Press
Année de publication	1991-07-18
Nombre de pages	464
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