Bizans İmparatorluğu’nun XI. ve XII. yüzyılda Orduyu Kurtarma Çabaları: Pronoia Sistemi

In the XIth century, the Byzantine Empire sought new ways out of its financial and military crisis. As a result of this search, the pronoia system emerged, a military-land based structure in which Imperial properties and revenues were granted to certain individuals on the condition of lifelong military service in return. The aim of this study is to examine how the financial and military situation of the Empire was reflected on the military systems and the efforts to improve the military under the pronoia system. The importance of this study lies in the fact that there is no study that examines the XIth and XIIth centuries, when the pronoia system gained a military character, and the Empire's financial and military recovery efforts. In addition to the main Byzantine and Islamic sources, our study utilizes local and foreign research works that contain detailed information about the pronoia system. Ancient Greek and Latin dictionaries were also utilized. As a result of the research, it was concluded that the Byzantine Empire escaped from the financial and military impasse it was in during this period with the pronoia system, but the system decayed over time for various reasons and corrupted the state in many ways.