The professions in early modern England, 1450-1800 : servants of the commonweal / Rosemary O'Day.

Harlow, Essex. : Pearson Education, 2000.

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Lawyers -- Great Britain -- History.

Medical personnel -- Great Britain. -- History.

Professions -- Great Britain -- History.

Part I. Professions, work and vocation

1. Introduction and approaches to the history of the learned professions

2. Vocation and work in the early modern period

Part II. The clergy of the Church of England

Introduction to part two

3. From estate to occupation : the English clergy 1450-1642

4. The clergy and the laity : 1570-1700

5. The clergy at work and play

Conclusion to part two

Part III. The lawyers of the common and civil laws

Introduction to part three

6. The common lawyers : students, barristers, serjeants

7. The rise and fall of the civilians

8. The attorneys

Conclusion to part three

Part IV. Physicians, surgeons and apothecaries

Introduction to part four

9. The organisation of professional medicine in England

10. Medical practice and health care

11. Becoming a medical practitioner : medicine men and women in English society, 1660-1760

Conclusion to part four

Part V. Conclusion

12. Conclusion : the paradox of professional power.

Includes index and bibliography.

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xi, 334 pages ; 24 cm