Edycje akt sejmikowych ziem i województw prowincji małopolskiej
Editions of Sejmik Records of the Lands and Voivodships of the Małopolska Province

Summary/Abstract: The sejmik (dietine) records of the Old Polish period are an invaluable source material concerning almost all aspects of the everyday life of that time. In the Małopolska (Little Poland) province, apart from the general sejmik sporadically held in Nowe Miasto Korczyn and occasional assemblies of the nobility from some lands and districts, there were 17 regular sejmiks. The paper first discusses all the editions of sejmik resolutions that have so far appeared in print. The study then presents the next volumes of this kind of source texts that are under preparation for publication. When describing the process of editing sejmik records, attention was drawn to the research centers that have made contributions to this research field, and to individual historians involved in such undertakings. The text also stresses the changes that took place in the first decades of the 20th century, when publishers took into account various categories of sources concerning the functioning of Old Polish sejmiks. A lot of room is devoted to the scope of library and archival research and to major stores of source materials that were and still are used by editors. The paper closes with a list of all existing and planned publications that are expected to appear in this field in the coming years.

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