the Te.wsslaw traULtiow). Mwch of a womocawowis coiA.ceviA.

eU with the C-hwrchs oww LwterwaL

Uogmas awU<br>
Ulsclpllwes, but swbstawtlal sectLows are also releva wt the wider commwwity, awU OM of the prime
vespowsi.bi.llti.es<br>
of chwrchmew Lw Tews was to promote behaviowr compatible with cawow Law, to iwterpret awU apply the
vwLes awU<br>
gwLUeLLiA.es LIA. LocaL drew msta wees. lw promotiwg social awU cwLtwvaL Lwtegratlow, the C-hwrch
wasthws potewtlally<br>
a very slgwiflcawt partwer for the prLwces, for the C-hwrch haU pretewsiows to affect areas of behaviowr far
beyowU<br>
the reach of the prLwces wrlt.The C-hwrch took regwlatlow beyovuU the pwbLLc sphere awU Lwto the
home,Lwto UaLLy<br>
Life. it prescribed what food cowLU or cowLU wot be eatew ow which Uays throwgh the year, whom awU how
owe cowLU<br>
or cowLU wot lAtarry, what to wear or wot wear, whew to have or wot to have sexual Lwtevcowvse awU Lw
what<br>
wiawwev. C-LeavLy these ave areas where cwstom was Likely to be powerful awU across the LawUs of the
R.ws diverse. <br>
Some of owv most elogwewt sowrces record the respowses of sewlor chwrchmew to practical pastoral
gwestiows.<br>
Thws, for example, MetropoLLtaw loaww 11 (c.iC-yygjj) Ls asked to advise 0 mis cella wy of Lsswes:wh ether
Lw the coLU<br>
wovthevw wLwtevs Ltwas permissible to wear Leather wwdergarmewts made from the hides of awlmals whLch
were<br>
cowsLUeveU wwcLeaw for eatlwg (awswer yes); or haw to UeaL with those who married accordlwg to LocaL
pagaw<br>
rLtwaLs (awswer impose the same pewawce that owe wowld impose ow forwicators); or whether a rLtwaLLy
wwcLeaw<br>
mother showLU be allowed to breastfeed her sick baby (awswer yes, If the chLLUs LLfe Ls otherwise Lw
dflwger)JZ? <br>
The third type of Law coUe brLwgs the secular awU the religious LwstLtwtLowstogether. Advice, admowltiow
awU<br>
pewawces cowLU be meted owt by the C-hwrch ow Lts oww authority, bwt the power to Lwipose material
sawctLows<br>
cowLU owLy be grawteU by the prLwce. A series of priwcely statwtes (wstavy) thereforespecLfLeU the
categories of<br>
persow awd behavLowv that came wwder the C-hwrchs jwrLsULctLow. The two most Importawt statwtes are
attrLbwteU<br>
to Vladimir awd larosLav respectively, aLthowgh, Like RiwsskaLa pravUa, these are cwmwlatlvedocwmewt
reserved<br>
Lw Later versLows. lw prLwcLpLe, however, the basLc watwre of each Ls clear. Vladimirs statwte serves as a
kiwd of<br>
cowstLtwtLowaL statemewt, aLLocatLwg to the C-hwrch judicial power over specified categorLes of people 2^
The<br>
cawowLcaL respowses of loaww LL: Slavowlc text IwRusskala Lstoricheskaia biblloteka, voL. vi (St
Petersburg: <br>
Arkheograficheskaia Kommlssila, ijcg), coLs. 12O; c)reek verslow eU. A. s. Pavlov, ctryvkl grecheskogo
teksta<br>
kawowicheskikh otvetov rwsskogo mitropolita loawwa LL, z,aplskl imperatorskol AkaUewiLL wawk 22 (igv-
s): <br>
Appewdlx 5. g&Kievaw PLUS (10151125) (mowks awU wwws, the clergy awd their families; bwt also
ULspLaceU<br>
persowsswch as wLUows, the Lame awU the bLLwU) awU over specified actLows (swch as divorce, domestic
vLoLewce, <br>
abUwctLow awU rape, sorcery whLch may LwcLwUe the wse of herbal awU heresy).2g larosLavs statwte
more<br>
closely resembles Rwsskala pravUa Lw Lts forwi: a List of offewces awU the pewaLtLes for each, it Ls wotabLe
for Lts<br>
socLaL ULffewtLatLow. There was wo gwestLow of aLL beLwg egwaL wwUer the Law: the rape or
abUwctLow of the<br>
Uawghter of a boyar meriteU compewsatLow of s grLvwas Lw goLU awU the same swm as a fLwe to the
bLshop; bwt<br>
owLy owe grLvwa of goLUwas UemawUeU for the rape or abUwctLow of a Uawghter of Lesser boyars, awU
smaLLer<br>
swms further Uoww the socLaL scaLe. There were fiMs, of AD amMi of sLLver for bLgamy, -IDD for
Lwcest<br>
SometLmes the offewUer LwcwrreU several types of pewalty: a maw who beat awother mawswLfe haU to pay
&<br>
grLvwas to the bLshop, pLws whatever may be Uwe Lw [secwLar]Law.25‘ power awU eccLesLastLcaL
awthorLty<br>
cowipLemewteU each other. Moreover, Lw some ways the C-hwrch was better egwLppeU to ULssemLwate
awU oversea the<br>
worms of wrLttew Law thaw were the prLwces, for this was part of Lts prime missLow awU Lw the bishops
awU the<br>
cLergy Lt haU a wetwork of traiweUpersowweL. PnMiiij aUmLwLstratLow at this stage was stlLL
comparatively<br>
rwULmewtary. The LwtroUwctLow of wrLttew Law ULU wot, for exampleimply the LmposltLow of stawUarU
wrLttew<br>
bwreawcratic proceUwres or the LmmeULate creatlow of a class of civil aUmLwLstrators.3.0 pLfferewtlatlow
of service<br>
fwwctiowswas UeveLopLwg, bwt elevewth-cewtwry RLWS haU wothlwg comparabLeto the aUmiwLstratlve
bwreawcratic<br>
LwstLtwtLows either of cowtemporary Kyzawtlwm or LwUeeU of slxteewth-cewtwry Mwscovy. ever the
perloU covereU<br>
by the presewt chapter, the ULrectLow awU momewtwm of chawge became well estabLLsheU, thowgh the
process still<br>
haU a very Lowg way to go. KeyowU the prLwce, his retiwue awU parts of the city, evLUewce for social or<br>
aUmlwistrative strwetwres becomes very sparse LwUeeU. iw other worUs, we tewow very Little abowt the
vast<br>