A series of seven programmes
2-The Discovery of the East: The State
Speakers: R. H. C. Davis , Fellow of Merton College, Oxford; R. J. H. JENKINS , Professor of History, King's College. London; BERNARD LEWIS , Professor of History, School of Oriental and African Studies, London The speakers describe the theory and practice of government in the Byzantine and Islamic empires of the twelfth century, and contrast their elaborate organisations with the more elementary machinery of state in Western Europe.
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