Institutions, Economy, Society

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2026
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Abstract
This chapter examines the political institutions, economic systems, and social structures of Kyivan Rus through legal, religious, and historical perspectives. It explains how princes, the druzhina, boyars, the Orthodox Church, and the veche shared authority, administered justice, regulated society, and shaped political order despite recurring struggles for succession and power. The chapter analyses the economy by linking tribute collection, long-distance trade, agriculture, taxation, and foreign relations, while also describing the growth of estates, markets, currency circulation, and agricultural production. It describes social organization by outlining the conditions of peasants, slaves, merchants, artisans, clergy, and urban elites, together with the expanding influence of towns and the Church. Finally, the chapter evaluates social hierarchy, legal inequality, honour culture, and gender relations, while demonstrating how Kyivan society and law subordinated women and reinforced patriarchal authority.
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Authors Nicholas V. Riasanovsky, Mark D. Steinberg
Journal Oxford University Press eBooks
Year 2026
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10.1093/hepl/9780197875070.003.0003
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https://doi.org/10.1093/hepl/9780197875070.003.0003
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