'Changes in the West'
EILEEN POWER, Professor of Economic History in the University of London
This afternoon Professor Eileen Power is to tell you about the changes in Europe in the later Middle Ages ; about the decline of feudalism and the rise of the nation and states ; about the fall of Constantinople (1453) and the end of the Byzantine Empire Shj will describe how the old roads between East and West closed again to Euroreans, and new roads were sought for ; and finally how printing was invented.
Next week Professor Eileen Power is to give the last talk of this summer term, and last week her sister Rhoda Power gave the last dramatic interlude. Week after week and term after term they have been describing and re-creating for you the history of others ; next week in ' People You Hear' you will be able to read something of their own.