Yuriev Day peasant departure rule

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The Yuriev Day peasant departure rule was a late 15th-century Russian legal provision that briefly allowed peasants to move from one landowner to another only during a narrowly defined annual period, marking an early step toward the later system of serfdom.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical legal norm
legal provision
allows peasant movement between landowners
appliesToTerritory late medieval Russian lands
associatedDate Yuriev Day NERFINISHED
broaderProcess consolidation of centralized Muscovite state
gradual restriction of peasant rights
consequenceOfViolation compensation claims by landowners
legal penalties for peasants
country Grand Duchy of Moscow NERFINISHED
defines time limits for peasant departure
departureWindow narrow annual period
duration applied for a limited historical period
economicContext feudal agrarian economy
effect limited peasant freedom of movement
strengthened control of landowners over peasants
enforcedBy local officials
historicalField Russian legal history
Russian social history
historicalSignificance early step toward Russian serfdom
transition from freer peasant status to bondage
implementedBy Muscovite authorities NERFINISHED
languageOfExpression Old Russian
legalForm statutory rule
legalSystem Muscovite law
precedes full legal enserfment of peasants in Russia
purpose regulation of peasant departures to protect landowners’ interests
regulates peasant mobility
relations between peasants and landowners
relatedConcept Muscovite agrarian law NERFINISHED
serfdom in Russia
religiousCalendarContext Orthodox liturgical calendar NERFINISHED
restrictionType temporal restriction on departure
socialClassAffected landowning nobility
peasants
sourceType law codes and princely decrees
temporalContext late 15th century

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Sudebnik of 1497 introducedConcept Yuriev Day peasant departure rule