The Inns of Court under Elizabeth I and the early Stuarts, 1590-1640 / Wilfred R. Prest, University of Adelaide.
"The Tudor and Stuart inns of court were major centres of learning and literature, as well as professional associations of practising lawyers. This book sketches the evolution of the inns from their medieval origins and traces the dramatic impact of the societies' rapid expansion through t...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2022.
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| Edition: | Second Edition. |
| Series: | Cambridge studies in English legal history.
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book |
| Summary: | "The Tudor and Stuart inns of court were major centres of learning and literature, as well as professional associations of practising lawyers. This book sketches the evolution of the inns from their medieval origins and traces the dramatic impact of the societies' rapid expansion through the Elizabethan era and beyond. Prest's comprehensive study based on original sources surveys the structure and functions of the inns, outlining key aspects, from tensions between junior and senior members to the nature and effectiveness of their educational role. Its lively prose locates the inns within the cultural, political, religious, and social context of Shakespearean and pre-civil war England. This corrected and revised second edition of a classic work addresses recent scholarship on the early modern inns of court and includes a new chapter introducing the book to 21st-century readers"-- |
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| Item Description: | First edition published in 1972. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 319 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1108962602 9781108962605 |