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Byzantium Transformed, c. 950-1200

Byzantium Transformed, c. 950-1200 © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2004 Medieval Encounters 10,1-3 Also available online – www.brill.nl 1 The dominant interpretation during the twentieth century was that of G. Ostrogorsky, History of the Byzantine State , 2nd English edn, tr. J. Hussey (Oxford, 1968). Signi fi cant portions of this brief paper do not follow Ostrogorsky. Nevertheless, much may appear to echo the following: “From Romanus I to Basil II the central authority had tried to erect a barrier against the great magnates’ urge to acquire land, and this had now bro- ken down. The free small-holdings rapidly disappeared without a protest, and the wealthy landlords absorbed the property of peasant and soldier, turning the former owners into BYZANTIUM TRANSFORMED, c. 950-1200 PAUL STEPHENSON ABSTRACT Two phenomena were paramount in the transformation, and ultimate collapse, of the Byzantine imperial system in the period c. 950-1204: sustained economic and demographic growth, which the state failed fully to direct or exploit; and the emer- gence of a powerful, self-conscious aristocracy, willing to exploit resources to the detriment of the state. During the tenth and eleventh centuries imperial policies were devised which aimed to bolster existing political and fi scal structures, prop up the state http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Medieval Encounters Brill

Byzantium Transformed, c. 950-1200

Stephenson, Paul
Medieval Encounters , Volume 10 (1-3): 26 – Jan 1, 2004
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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2004 Medieval Encounters 10,1-3 Also available online – www.brill.nl 1 The dominant interpretation during the twentieth century was that of G. Ostrogorsky, History of the Byzantine State , 2nd English edn, tr. J. Hussey (Oxford, 1968). Signi fi cant portions of this brief paper do not follow Ostrogorsky. Nevertheless, much may appear to echo the following: “From Romanus I to Basil II the central authority had tried to erect a barrier against the great magnates’ urge to acquire land, and this had now bro- ken down. The free small-holdings rapidly disappeared without a protest, and the wealthy landlords absorbed the property of peasant and soldier, turning the former owners into BYZANTIUM TRANSFORMED, c. 950-1200 PAUL STEPHENSON ABSTRACT Two phenomena were paramount in the transformation, and ultimate collapse, of the Byzantine imperial system in the period c. 950-1204: sustained economic and demographic growth, which the state failed fully to direct or exploit; and the emer- gence of a powerful, self-conscious aristocracy, willing to exploit resources to the detriment of the state. During the tenth and eleventh centuries imperial policies were devised which aimed to bolster existing political and fi scal structures, prop up the state

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