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The Rise of the Barristers Wilfrid R. Prest (Reader in History, Reader in History, University of Adelaide)

The Rise of the Barristers By Wilfrid R. Prest (Reader in History, Reader in History, University of Adelaide)

The Rise of the Barristers by Wilfrid R. Prest (Reader in History, Reader in History, University of Adelaide)

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During this period the Bar grew rapidly and underwent profound structural change. The author examines the effects on the patterns of the barrister's working life, along with the changing balance between supply and demand for his services during this formative period.

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The Rise of the Barristers: A Social History of the English Bar 1590-1640 by Wilfrid R. Prest (Reader in History, Reader in History, University of Adelaide)

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.

The Rise of the Barristers Reviews

`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.' The English Historical Review
` There is but little in this book with which to find fault; on the contrary it is excellently researched and well presented.' Journal of Legal HIstory
`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
`a valuable contribution to our knowledge of the legal profession in England in the early modern period' Paul A. Brand, American Journal of Legal History
`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

Table of Contents

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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NPB9780198217640
9780198217640
0198217641
The Rise of the Barristers: A Social History of the English Bar 1590-1640 by Wilfrid R. Prest (Reader in History, Reader in History, University of Adelaide)
Wilfrid R. Prest (Reader in History, Reader in History, University of Adelaide)
Oxford Studies in Social History
New
Hardback
Oxford University Press
1986-11-06
458
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