International Conference “The fate of the legacy left behind by the monasteries dissolved in Greaterpoland under Prussian reign (until 1871)” (Poznań, 4th–7th April 2013

Abstract

The conference was organized within the project “The cultural legacy of the monasteries resolved in the former Polish Commonwealth and in Silesia during 18^th and 19^th centuries: the fate, importance, inventory” implemented under the National Programme for Development of Humanities, Module 1.1, from the funds of Ministry of Science and Higher Education. It took place on 4^th–7^th April 2013 in the Działynski Palace and Archdiocesan Archive in Poznań. During the conference nine sessions were held which consisted of 44 papers. Several papers presented the provenance structure of large research libraries in Warsaw, Poznań, Włocławek and Ukraine. Researchers presented history of individual monasteries highlighting the history of their book collections. In addition, most important databases for the study of historical book collections were mentioned. The fourth day of the conference was a tour to the monasteries of Greaterpoland. The report summarizes the meeting and briefly outlines papers presented at the conference.