Council of Liubech
The Council of Liubech (sometimes referred to as the Liubech Conference)
The council, initiated by Vladimir Monomakh, brought together Sviatopolk II,
As a result, each prince within Kievan Rus’ was given his principality as patrimonial domain.[5]
Following the conference in the second-quarter of the 12th century, historical chronicles began mentioning local princes as the growing issue became the regularization of relations between local princes and their individual clan estates, or principalities.[6]
Allocation
The Council assigned/confirmed the principalities as follows:
- Turov, Pinsk, and the title of the Grand Prince.[8]
- Great Novgorod.[8]
- Oleg, Davyd, and Yaroslav, both sons of Sviatoslav II of Kiev and deemed the "outcast princes," received Chernigov,[7] Tmutarakan, Ryazan, and Murom.[8]
Of the remaining "outcast" princes:
Result
This change effectively established a
Despite the conference's larger goal of uniting the Kievan princes against the Cumans (otherwise known as the Polovtsians), the feuding did not end between the princes and instead led to continued conflicts. The blinding of David Igorevich by Vsevolod I of Kiev acted as a catalyst for continued warring which led to Vladimir II to organize the Vytychiv Congress on August 10, 1100.[11]
Monuments
- 1997: Monument to the Lyubech Congress of Princes (Gennady Ershov, Ukraine)
See also
- List of Ukrainian rulers
References
- .
- ^ a b "Состоялся Любечский съезд русских князей". Президентская библиотека имени Б.Н. Ельцина (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-01-06.
- ^ Martin 1995, p. 30–32, 55.
- ^ Martin 1995, p. 55.
- OCLC 1111434007.
- ^ Gerasimov (2023): 131.
- ^ a b c Martin 2007, p. 37.
- ^ a b c Gerasimov (2023): 106.
- ^ Council of Liubech Archived 2010-01-23 at the Wayback Machine at the Handbook on History of Ukraine.
- ^ "Любечский съезд 1097". Большая российская энциклопедия (in Russian). 2023-08-17. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
- ^ "Vytychiv congress of princes". www.encyclopediaofukraine.com. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
Bibliography
- Nora Berend, ed. (2007). Christianization and the Rise of Christian Monarchy. University of Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 393.
- Martin, Janet (1995). Medieval Russia, 980–1584. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 450. ISBN 9780521368322. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- Martin, Janet (2007). Medieval Russia: 980–1584. Second Edition. E-book. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-511-36800-4.
- Power crisis in Ruthenia. Ukrinform. 20 October 2015