Lyubechsky princes congress: prerequisites and results

No medieval European state hasThe stage of feudal disunity passed in its development. Somewhere it was overcome quickly enough (as, for example, in England), and somewhere the regional political formations remained independent enough almost to the twentieth century (as happened in Germany and Italy). Did not pass this fate and medieval Russia. The period of the strengthening of the princely power and the conquest of the East Slavic tribes was replaced by the era of redistribution of land allotments between the bred representatives of the princely family.

Prerequisites of the Lyubic Congress

Perhaps the first forerunner of this era followsconsider the struggle of Vladimir Svyatoslavich with his brother Yaropolk. This episode of the late 10th century was the first confrontation between the sons of the deceased prince for the throne of Kiev. Then the disintegration of Kievan Rus as a single state was stopped. The son of Vladimir the Great, Prince Yaroslav the Wise, was also quite confident. However, after his death, in the second half of the eleventh century, the process of the disintegration of Kievan Rus into individual patrimonies became more and more obvious. Speaking about the reasons for this process, we should highlight not only the number of potential heirs claiming the throne, but also socio-economic reasons. Thus, the establishment and growth of feudal relations led to the strengthening of regions. The natural economy did not promote development at all

trade and to strengthen any links betweenterritories. Local boyars eventually became more profitable to support not the prince of Kiev, but their local one. An important factor was also the growth of large cities - Chernihiv, Galich, Polotsk, Smolensk, Suzdal. By the end of the XI century, Rus was divided into the local estates of the princes, who fought endlessly among themselves for power, territory and authority. Besides other negative influences, feuds prevented rallying against the common enemy in the face of nomadic tribes of the Black Sea steppes. The first attempt to solve this problem and agree among themselves was the Lyubic Congress of Princes in 1097. Its name occurs, in fact, from the gathering place - the town of Lyubech on the Dnieper, which is in the modern Chernigov region.

Lyubech Congress of Princes

The elder at that time the son of the deceased in 1093prince, Svyatopolk II Izyaslavovich, failed to cope with the growing civil strife. All that was said in the previous paragraph reached its apogee at that time. At the initiative of Prince Vladimir Monomakh, more authoritative then in Russia, the Lyubic Congress of Russian Princes was assembled in 1097.

The main purpose of this collection was to suppressbloody strife and the definition of agreements between the princes. As a result of negotiations, the Lyubechesky Congress of Princes led to the most important decision at the time: "Every ruler holds his own step". Thus, now it was not the grand prince of Kiev who was the suzerain, who had the right to unite all Russian lands under his rod, but, on the contrary, the principle was established that every appanage prince had full power in his own principality and passed it by heredity. The Lyubic Congress of Princes resolved the contradictions between the princes, thus. But this decision led to formal consolidation of fragmentation. Lyubechesky Congress princes literally pushed Russia in the first half of the 12th century to the final confirmation of the feudal independence of the regions.