The rise of the barristers : a social history of the English bar, 1590-1640

The rise of the barristers : a social history of the English bar, 1590-1640 / Wilfrid R. Prest.

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Prest, Wilfrid R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Clarendon, 1986.
Series:Oxford studies in social history.
Subjects:
1500-1699
Lawyers > England > History > 17th century.
Lawyers > England > History > 16th century.
Lawyers
England
History
Online Access:Click for online access
Description
Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 442 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191675423
0191675423
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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