The Novgorod Judicial Charter, also called the Charter of Novgorod, was the legal code of the Novgorod Republic. It was inherited from the earlier Russkaya Pravda and issued in 1440, though the version now known was supplemented in 1471 under the auspices of Grand Prince Ivan III and his son Ivan Ivanovich. Its preamble records that it was decided by the mayors, the commanders, the boyars, the burghers, the merchants and the common people of all five boroughs of Lord Novgorod the Great, gathered at the assembly in Iaroslav's Court, with the blessing of the archbishop-elect Feofil, after reporting to the grand princes.
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The Novgorod Judicial Charter (Russian: Новгородская судная грамота), also known as the Charter of Novgorod, was the legal code of the Novgorod Republic, inherited from the earlier Russkaya Pravda ("Russian Truth") and issued in 1440, although the current version was supplemented in 1471 under the auspices of Grand Pri
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