The history of the archives of Prince Xavier of Saxony – the historical heritage of France, Poland, and Germany Cover Image

Dzieje archiwum księcia Ksawerego Saskiego – historycznego dziedzictwa Francji, Polski i Niemiec
The history of the archives of Prince Xavier of Saxony – the historical heritage of France, Poland, and Germany

Author(s): Jakub Bajer
Subject(s): Cultural history, Archiving, Library operations and management, 19th Century, Migration Studies
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Xavier of Saxony; archival studies; Polish emigration in France in the 19th century; Polish Library in Paris;

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the history of the split of Prince Xavier of Saxony’s archive into three parts: a French (the Departmental Archives in Troyes), Polish (the Polish Library in Paris), and German one (the Saxon Main State Archive in Dresden). The article presents the successive stages of the scattering process throughout the 19th century and on the selected examples taken from the French and Polish historiography shows how the split of the collection affected the state of research on the life of the Saxon Prince.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 58
  • Page Range: 171-184
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish