The royal chancellery between power and society. Kraków, November 6–7, 2024

Abstract

The conference is a continuation of a series of meetings devoted to the Polish royal chancellery, which were held in 2002-2009. Its scientific goal was to answer the question of the further direction of research on monarchical diplomatics in Poland. There is no doubt that one should deal not so much with the crown chancellery as with the system of chancelleries of the central offices of the Republic, including the crown chancellery, the Lithuanian chancellery and the chancelleries of the ministers of the Republic. The private chancelleries of monarchs and government officials, the Crown Tribunal, the Lithuanian Tribunal, the chancelleries of land courts and church chancelleries must also be included, insofar as they supported the functioning of the state. A functional analysis taking the challenges of the state apparatus, involving various chancelleries with competent staff, seems to be the optimal research model.