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The Rise of the Barristers: A Social History of the English Bar 1590-1640: A Social History of the English Bar, 1590-1640 (Oxford Studies in Social History)
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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: #3336112 in Books
- Published on: 1986-11-06
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 440 pages
Editorial Reviews
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"This book can scarcely be commended too much for what it achieves in its own terms."--American Historical Review
"Immensely valuable."--Journal of Modern History
"An innovative and fundamental contribution to the history of the legal profession and...the new base for future enquiry."--Times Literary Supplement
"A multi-faceted portrait of common lawyers in early modern England. Equally importantly, he balances his information with comparisons to the situations of lawyers in early modern Europe and of civil lawyers, clerics, physicians, and governmental bureaucrats in early modern England....An important book."--Albion
"This valuable and, in many ways, pioneering study should further both understanding and discussion....Who the barristers were and the nature of their life and work is now infinitely clearer."--Journal of Interdisciplinary History
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"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.'
