The First Original Document Discovered in the Archive of the Moldavian
Metropolitan Church transferred in 1686 Cover Image

Primul document original descoperit din arhiva Mitropoliei Ţării Moldovei înstrăinată la 1686
The First Original Document Discovered in the Archive of the Moldavian Metropolitan Church transferred in 1686

Author(s): Valentin Constantinov
Subject(s): History, Modern Age, 17th Century
Published by: Societatea de Studii Istorice din România
Keywords: Moldavian Metropolitan Church; Metropolitan Archive; Dosoftei; Jan III Sobiecki; Polish Archives;

Summary/Abstract: The archive of the Moldavian Metropolitan Church was transferred in Poland in1686 after the military campaign of the Polish King Jan III Sobiecki. Many Romanianhistorians searched for this archive, but they did not obtained any result. TheZolkiewensis index, published at the end of 19th century, contains the inventory of theMetropolitan archive. The author of the article discovered the first original from thisarchive during a research study in Poland, Warsaw, at Archiwum Glowne AktDawnych. The document was transferred there together with other documents from theRadziwill archive from today territory of Belarus.

  • Issue Year: II/2010
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 189-192
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: Romanian