Records of the Kievan Palatinate during the exile

The article discusses the efforts of the Kievan nobility to secure castle records in the period when the palatinate’s dietines have been held in Włodzimierz, and analyzes the resolves of those dietines in this regard. It also discusses the activities of the commissioners appointed to revise old records, assess the extent of war damage to existing records, and oversee the proper keeping of new ones. The attention is also paid to the postulates put forward in the instructions for the palatinate deputies. The Kievans have sought to recover the records captured by the Muscovy, but this objective has not been attained. Other sources, such as manifestations and requisitions, have also been employed. Activities of the Kievan nobility have led to the revision of the castle records of Żytomierz and Owrucz. Żytomierz records have been kept at Łuck, remaining inaccessible to the Kievans until the record-keeping has been resumed in the 18th century. Old Owrucz records have been lost after the monastery fire, and the new ones have been reestablished in the late 1670s. Keeping of Kiev records has been resumed in 1684 in consequence of the reestablishment of the palatinate courts.