Archiwa - Kancelarie - Zbiory (May 2017)

The royal chancery of Stanislaus Leszczyński in 1705-1710. Outline of the issue

  • Hadrian Ciechanowski

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12775/AKZ.2016.009
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 0, no. 7(9)/
pp. 145 – 162

Abstract

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The article is an outline of the problem of organization of the Crown chancery in the years of the reign of Stanislaus Leszczyński. In the first part of the article, the author presents the picture of the king and the times of his reign. Next, he depicts the organization of the chancery: its beginnings, work rhythm and staff. In the last part of the article, the author describes the Crown Metrica written during the reign of Leszczyński, currently not existing, and reasons of its destruction. The article is an attempt to describe the chancery of Stanislaus I.

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