'Women of Kievan Rus\r'

'The women of Kievan Rus were in a much different background signal and social structure than their occidental counterparts. With the arrival of Christianity in Kievan Rus base new changes to family relations and positions of women in nine and the household. The church service building divided women into two concourses, the â€Å"good” and the â€Å" horror” women. The determination of who fell into what group was determined on how they compared to the norms of behavior of saints. With women divided into two groups the church focused more on the conduct of â€Å"evil” women.The church handed down book of instructions on the conduct of women. The middle of these instructions was based on the submissiveness of women to god and their husbands. They urged women to stay dim and be socially dependent. only if women’s lives were not whole controlled and they were not treated sub-humanly. As seen in the treaty among Novgorod and Gotland slave women h ad rights and were defended against upon. The example it gives is the demur to rape or harm slave women. Their social roles were protect and offenders would lay down to stand struggle and pay a lowering fine.Their counterparts, free women were also protect and held interesting privileges. Women were well protected from anything stemming from simple insults to rape. They also had a choice in their uniting partner and if they were forced into a marriage then the parents would have to pay a kempt fine. There were documents unearthed, which showed that Novgorod women lent specie and owned land. Women in Novgorod and Kievan Rus were a unique sect of society with both freedoms and restrictions.\r\n'