Private property and state finances. The emperor's right to donate his subjects' land in the Comnenian period

Kostis Smyrlis

doi:10.1179/174962509X417627

Private property and state finances. The emperor's right to donate his subjects' land in the Comnenian period

Kostis Smyrlis

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Abstract

The question of the respect of private property in Byzantium is examined through the analysis of a series of confiscations of real estate situated in Constantinople, which were carried out from 1082 to 1202 in favour of the Italian republics of Venice, Pisa and Genoa. It is argued that these confiscations were not arbitrary but justified by the circumstances. Finally, these expropriations are set against the developments in the system by which the state remunerated its servants in the period after the eleventh century, increasingly by land grants.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	115-132
Number of pages	18
Journal	Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies
Volume	33
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1179/174962509X417627
State	Published - Sep 1 2009

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Cultural Studies
Language and Linguistics
History
Linguistics and Language
Literature and Literary Theory

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