Medievalists.net » Rurikids http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Tue, 08 Dec 2015 00:51:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Riurikid Relationship with the Orthodox Christian Church in Kievan Rus http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/29/the-riurikid-relationship-with-the-orthodox-christian-church-in-kievan-rus/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/29/the-riurikid-relationship-with-the-orthodox-christian-church-in-kievan-rus/#comments Sun, 29 Dec 2013 13:03:54 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46146 Prior to the late tenth century, the princes of the Riurikid dynasty were rulers over the loose collection of pagan Slavic tribes and minor city states that were Kievan Rus. However, in a relatively short period, the dynasty had linked itself and its legitimacy to rule to the Orthodox Christian Church centered in Constantinople.

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