The Professions in Early Modern England.

Prest, Wilfrid.

The Professions in Early Modern England. - 1st ed. - Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2023. ©1987. - 1 online resource (249 pages) - Routledge Revivals Series . - Routledge Revivals Series .

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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Preface to the Reprinted Edition -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- List of Abbreviations -- 1: Introduction: The Professions and Society in Early Modern England -- 2: The Anatomy of a Profession: The Clergy of the Church of England -- 3: Lawyers -- 4: Medical Practice in Early Modern England: Trade or Profession? -- 5: A Drudgery of Schoolmasters: The Teaching Profession in Elizabethan and Stuart England -- 6: The Estate Steward -- 7: The Profession of Arms -- Index.

First published in 1987, The Professions in Early Modern England highlights the significant role of professional and quasi-professional occupations in English society before the industrial revolution, contrary to what was once historiographical and sociological orthodoxy.

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Sociology.


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