Wyniki wyszukiwania:

The Late Byzantine Army Arms and Society, 1204-1453 Mark C. Bartusis "An essential tool for comparative historians, Byzantinists, Balkanologists, historians of the later Crusades, medieval Islamic, especially Ottoman, and western European medieval and Renaissance history. Its publication reinforces the reputation of Bartusis as a foremost authority on many dimensions of late Byzantine institutions and the related social and economic context."--Walter Kaegi, Journal of Military History Mark C. Bartusis opens an extraordinary window on the Byzantine Empire during its last centuries by...

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

A pronoia was a type of conditional grant from the emperor, often to soldiers, of various properties and privileges. 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.