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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
serfdom in Russia ⓘ
religiousCalendarContext Orthodox liturgical calendar ⓘ
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 ⓘ