Vatican Archives: An Inventory and Guide to Historical Documents of the Holy See

ISBN-13: 9780195095524 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 640 str.

Jr. Francis X. Blouin

Opis

Vatican Archives provides the first comprehensive guide to one of the richest archival sources for the history of the Western world. Organized into related agency groups, it includes approximately 500 entries that describe the purpose and workings of each administrative agency of the Vatican and the official records it produces-- the very records that now constitute the archives. Serving as a research tool that provides a systematic and previously unavailable overview of the archives, this book enhances and expediates access by scholars in a broad range of disciplines.

Recenzje

The Vatican Archives represent a resource of incomparable richness for the history of the papacy, of the countries with which the papacy has been in contact, and of the Roman Catholic Church generally. The appearance of a substantial new guide aiming to give a comprehensive account of the Vatican Archives as well as of papal archives housed outside the Vatican City is therefore a major event.

Spis treści

Introduction; Part 1: College of Cardinals; Part 2: Papal Court; Capella pontificia; Famiglia della santita di Nostra Signore; Part 3: Roman Curia; Congregations; Offices; Tribunals; Part 4: Apostolic Nunciatures, Internunciatures, and Delegations; Part 5: Papal States; General Administration; Territoy under French Occupation, 18091814; Local Administration; Part 6: Permanent Commissions; Part 7: Miscellaneous Official Materials and Separate Collections; Miscellaneous Official Materials; Archivum arcis; Miscellaneous armaria of the ASV; Original amaria of the ASV; Miscelleneous series; Separate Collections; Individual and Family Papers; Records of Archconfaternities and Confraternities; Miscellaneous Papers regarding Religious Orders; Monasteries, Convents, Abbeys, and Churches; Miscelleneous Manuscripts; Spogli Cardinali; Appendix 1: List of Indexes in the Archives, Appendix 2: Current Agencies of the Modern Holy See (Vatican City-State), Bibliography, Indexes: Alphabetical List of Agencies, Series Titles, Chronological Index, Geographical Index