A History of Russia, Volume 1

Excerpt from A History of RussiaThe Church Ordinances of the early Christian princes of Rus — Ecclesiastical jurisdiction as defined in Vladimir's and Yaroslav's Ordinances'respectively — Innovations introduced by the Church into the theory of crime and the system of legal penalties — The monetary reckoning observed in Yaroslav's Ordinance as evidence of the period of its composition — The original basis of that Ordinance — The legislative powers of the Church — The process of ecclesiastical codification — Traces of the same in Yaroslav's Ordinance Relation of Yaroslav's Ordinance to the Rurslzaz'a Pravda — The in?uence 03.