ABSTRACT
This new history examines the development of the professions in England, centering on churchmen, lawyers, physicians, and teachers. Rosemary O'Day also offers a comparative perspective looking at the experience of Scotland and Ireland and Colonial Virginia.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |43 pages
Professions, Work and Vocation
chapter |26 pages
Vocation and Work in the Early Modern Period
part |66 pages
The Clergy of the Church of England
chapter |23 pages
From Estate to Occupation: The English Clergy 1450–1642
chapter |18 pages
The Clergy and the Laity: 1570–1700
chapter |17 pages
The Clergy at Work and Play
chapter |2 pages
Conclusion to Part Two
part |70 pages
The Lawyers of the Common and Civil Laws
chapter |32 pages
The Common Lawyers: Students, Barristers, Serjeants and Judges
chapter |11 pages
The Rise and Fall of the Civilians
chapter |16 pages
The Attorneys
chapter |2 pages
Conclusion to Part Three
part |71 pages
Physicians, Surgeons and Apothecaries
chapter |19 pages
The Organisation of Professional Medicine in England
chapter |18 pages
Medical Practice and Health Care
chapter |3 pages
Conclusion to Part Four
part |20 pages
Conclusion
