Feudal Fragmentation

Definition

Leonty’s 992 division produced sees at Kiev, Novgorod, Chernigov, Rostov, Vladimir in Volyn, Belgorod, Tmutarakan, Turov and Polotsk; by the mid-thirteenth century there were fifteen, their borders coinciding with those of the independent principalities.

Episodes

  • Diocesan Structure

Biblical References

  • Matthew 28:19-20 — Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the
  • Matthew 28:19-20 (baptismal formula) — Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the