The structure and the finances of the Armenian community in Lwów in the light of the “History of Lwów Armenians from 1649 until 1731” manuscript (Ossolineum no 1646/II)

Armenians from 1649 until 1713”, which is a part of the collections of the Ossolineum library, contains a great deal of information about the Armenian community in Lwów (now: Lviv) in the second half of the 17th century and at the beginning of the 18th century. On the basis of this source the author examines the administrative and social structure of the community as well as the way in which the requirements of this community were financed. Owing to the comprehensive registers featured in the second part of the manuscript, which were drawn up due to the imposition of contributions on Lwów by a foreign army in 1648 and 1704, the author also traces the changing number of the population and the estate-related stratification of the community in the period of about half a century.