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The Rise of the Barristers: A Social History of the English Bar 1590-1640 (Oxford Studies in Social History)
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Product Description
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.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #3602958 in Books
- Published on: 1986-11-06
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 440 pages
Editorial Reviews
Times Literary Supplement
`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.'
Review
"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 )
Historical Studies
`It is very much a professional's book, searching in its questions, accountable in its methodology, and scrupulous with regard to its conclusions.'
