Land and Privilege in Byzantium

Informationen zum Autor Mark C. Bartusis is Professor of History at Northern State University. He is an expert in later Byzantine political, social and military history and author of The Late Byzantine Army: Arms and Society, 1204-1453 (1992). Klappentext The first comprehensive analysis for over fifty years of pronoia and its importance in the history of later Byzantium. Zusammenfassung The first comprehensive treatment for over fifty years of the institution of pronoia! the most common type of privilege by which the emperor rewarded subjects and financed the army during the last few centuries of the Byzantine Empire. Essential for those who wish to understand Byzantine administration and provincial life. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Klappentext
The first comprehensive analysis for over fifty years of pronoia and its importance in the history of later Byzantium.

Zusammenfassung
The first comprehensive treatment for over fifty years of the institution of pronoia, the most common type of privilege by which the emperor rewarded subjects and financed the army during the last few centuries of the Byzantine Empire. Essential for those who wish to understand Byzantine administration and provincial life.

Inhalt
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.

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