The Rise of the Barristers
The Rise of the Barristers
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Reconstructs the patterns of recruitment, training and mobility from the social origins and careers of some 500 lawyers in early modern England, while separate chapters explore the participation of barristers in the cultural, religious and political life of Elizabethan and early Stuart England.
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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 *
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 *
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780198202585 |
| ISBN 10 | 019820258X |
| Title | The Rise of the Barristers |
| Author | Wilfrid R Prest |
| Series | Oxford Studies In Social History |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1991-07-18 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |