Cambridge University Press eBooks· 2013· Book chapter
Land and Privilege in Byzantium
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The institution of pronoia, conditional grants of property and privileges from the emperor, fundamentally shaped social and economic relations in later Byzantium, particularly from the 13th-14th centuries.
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Key points
- Pronoia was a conditional grant of property and privileges from the Byzantine emperor.
- The institution characterized social and economic relations in later Byzantium, especially in the 13th-14th centuries.
- The book covers pronoia's origin, evolution, and characteristics from the mid-10th to mid-15th centuries.
- It incorporates recent findings on Byzantine agrarian relations, taxation, administration, and the economy.
- Comparisons are made with Western European, Slavic, and Middle Eastern institutions, notably the Ottoman timar.
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Abstract
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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