The correct is D) the clergy was not involved in politics and the economy.
Kievan Russia differed from Byzantine in that the clergy was not involved in politics and the economy.
In the Middle Ages, The Kievan Rus was a prominent empire, the foundation of what would become Ukraine and Russia. Historians believe that these people were Vikings from Scandinavia that migrated to this part of Russia in the 800s. King Rurik founded its own dynasty that lasted almost one thousand years. In 880, the capital city of the empire moved to Kiev. With Emperor Vladimir the Great, the empire extended to new territores and people converted to Christianity.