Mpalaes distributed the remaining 17 hyperpyra to his family, to the metropolitan of Zichna and to six officials of the metropolis. Although they clearly varied from place to place, it seems that the minimum concession was exemption, often from the basic tax and some, if not all, additional taxes. Towards the end, come the chrysoboullata estates and at the very end all the remaining real estate. Belgrade , p. The chrysoboullatos Gazes may have been related to Michael Gazes, landowner in the same region, active in the s : ibid.
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