Land and privilege in Byzantium : the institution of pronoia / Mark C. Bartusis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bartusis, Mark C.

Contributor:

Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social structure.

Land tenure.

Land grants.

Byzantine Empire--Charters, grants, privileges.

Byzantine Empire.

Land grants--Byzantine Empire.

Land tenure--Byzantine Empire.

Social structure--Byzantine Empire.

Physical Description:

xliv, 697 pages : maps ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. The non-technical senses of the word pronoia; 2. Pronoia during the twelfth century; 3. Choniates' 'gifts of Paroikoi'; 4. Origins; 5. Pronoia during the Period of Exile (1204-1261); 6. Pronoia during the era of Michael VIII Palaiologos; 7. Terminology, late thirteenth and fourteenth centuries; 8. The nature of pronoia, late thirteenth and fourteenth centuries: a handbook in three parts; 9. Pronoia during the later fourteenth and fifteenth centuries; 10. Pronoia and timar; Conclusion; Appendices.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

ISBN:

1107009626

9781107009622

OCLC:

756578649

Publisher Number:

99953088498