The Professions in Early Modern England, 1450-1800

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.

Rosemary O-day

Part One Professions, Work and Vocation; Chapter One Introduction and Approaches to the History of the Learned Professions; Chapter Two Vocation and Work in the Early Modern Period; Part Two The Clergy of the Church of England; Chapter Three From Estate to Occupation: The English Clergy 1450-1642; Chapter Four The Clergy and the Laity: 1570-1700; Chapter Five The Clergy at Work and Play; Chapter ConclusiontoPartTwo Conclusion to Part Two; Part Three The Lawyers of the Common and Civil Laws; Chapter Six The Common Lawyers: Students, Barristers, Serjeants and Judges; Chapter Seven The Rise and Fall of the Civilians; Chapter Eight The Attorneys; Chapter ConclusiontoPartThree Conclusion to Part Three; Part Four Physicians, Surgeons and Apothecaries; Chapter Nine The Organisation of Professional Medicine in England; Chapter Ten Medical Practice and Health Care; Chapter Eleven Becoming a Medical Practitioner: Medicine Men and Women in English Society, 1660-1760; Chapter ConclusiontoPartFour Conclusion to Part Four; Part Five Conclusion; Chapter Twelve Conclusion: The Paradox of Professional Power;