„Compendium Archivi Kielcensis” – kilka uwag nad „kieleckim” archiwum i kancelarią zadworną biskupa krakowskiego Kajetana Sołtyka
“Compendium Archivi Kielcensis” – a few remarks on the ‘Kielce’ archive and the office of the bishop of Krakow, Kajetan Soltyk

Summary/Abstract: The history and functioning of the archives and the Krakow bishops’ office are still open research topics. The researches, however, manage to methodically complement this picture with more or less detailed considerations of specific areas of the activity of church institutions, especially at the regional level. Such considerations include studies on the functioning of the Kielce archive of Bishop Kajetan Ignacy Soltyk. The 18th-century code Compendium Archivi Kielcensis, stored in the Czartoryski Library, is one of the most important sources presenting bishop’s office practice and the dimension of decentralization of episcopal administration. Moreover, a detailed analysis of this material highlights the role of Kielce city as one of the main offices of the Krakow Ordinaries, as well as the position of this site in the administration system of the Krakow Church. The most interesting part of the discussed code is the inventory of the Kielce archive of bishop Soltyk, the content of which was examined in the article. The research also attempted to identify the circumstances in which this unit of the bishop’s office was established and to determine how the stored documents are connected with Kielce. An important part of the study on the archive in question is to provide an account of its history and then present it in the wider context of the history of the Diocesan Archives in Kielce, which still function today.

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