Wykaz zawartości jednostki archiwalnej Akta zakonne sióstr Norbertanek w Busku 1786–1831
Index of contents of the archival unit Monastery records of Premonstratensian Nuns in Busko 1786–1831

Summary/Abstract: The Diocesan Archive in Kielce owns archival records of male and female religious congregations. Among numerous fonds there is a collection entitled General curial files, which contains a cardboard-bound archival unit (poszyt) Monastery records of Premonstratensian Nuns in Busko 1786–1831, comprising 271 pages written predominantly in Polish. It groups documents concerning the affairs of the Busko-based Premonstratensian (Norbertine) Nuns. Since the nuns were under the bishop’s obedience, all the affairs with the lay and ecclesiastical authorities were dealt with exclusively via the diocesan authority. For this reason, the outgoing and incoming original documents and copies were stored at the episcopal office. Only four letters included in the present cardboard-bound unit were drafted in 1799. Although the title of the collection indicates the year 1786 as the starting point, the author has not been able to find any record dating back to that time. A numerous group of documents is the one originated in the times of the Kielce diocese (1805–1818); it comprises 74 items. The remaining 137 letters date back to 1819–1831, including 133 drafted before 1825, and only four following that date. Among 217 letters and documents 11 were written in Latin; the remaining ones – in Polish. These records offer an insight into the internal life of the monastery, its affairs and problems which the nuns had to face. The questions addressed cover the financial and property issues, the elective selection of prioresses, enrollment to the novitiate, permission for the sisters to travel, the information on the staffing of the convent, as well as on the deaths of the sisters, and the matters regarding neophytes. Of particular value are the documents concerning the dissolution of the convent of Premonstratensian Nuns in Busko, including various inventories, the information on the estates, income, the equipment of the church, and the fire of the suppressed monastery, as well as the sisters’ removal to the former Pauline monastery in Pińczów. Although all these materials constitute an extraordinarily valuable source for the study on the history of the Busko-based Premonstratensian Nuns, there are no plans to publish them at the moment.

• Details
• Contents