Land and privilege in Byzantium : the institution of pronoia /
"A pronoia was a type of conditional grant from the emperor, often to soldiers, of various properties and privileges. In large measure the institution of pronoia characterized social and economic relations in later Byzantium, and its study is the study of later Byzantium. Filling the need for a...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press,
2012
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | "A pronoia was a type of conditional grant from the emperor, often to soldiers, of various properties and privileges. In large measure the institution of pronoia characterized social and economic relations in later Byzantium, and its study is the study of later Byzantium. Filling the need for a comprehensive study of the institution, this book examines the origin, evolution and characteristics of pronoia, focusing particularly on the later thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. But the book is much more than a study of a single institution. With a broad chronological scope extending from the mid-tenth to the mid-fifteenth century, it incorporates the latest understanding of Byzantine agrarian relations, taxation, administration and the economy, as it deals with relations between the emperor, monastic and lay landholders, including soldiers and peasants. Particular attention is paid to the relation between the pronoia and Western European, Slavic and Middle Eastern institutions, especially the Ottoman timar"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139840002 1139840002 9780511841903 0511841906 1139842382 9781139842389 9781139844741 1139844741 1139853821 9781139853828 1107228328 9781107228320 1139845721 9781139845724 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
