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The rise of the barristers : a social history of the English bar, 1590-1640
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Prest, Wilfrid R., Author.
- Series:
- Oxford studies in social history.
- Oxford studies in social history The rise of the barristers
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lawyers--History--17th century--England.
- Lawyers.
- Lawyers--History--16th century--England.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 442 p.).
- Other Title:
- rise of the barristers
- Oxford studies in social history
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon, 1986.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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