Published: 2018-09-291

The Role of the Hieronim Florian Radziwiłł's Diary in the Edition of the Magdalena z Czapskich Radziwiłłowa's Letters

Iwona Maciejewska

Abstract

The paper characterizes the diary of the duke Hieronim Florian Radziwiłł, as the sourceused during edition of his second wife's letters to her fiancé and subsequently husband from1744-1750. Due to the fact that most of Radziwiłł's answers have not been retained, the diary lets settle doubts on issues encountered during research on his wife's collection partly. It provides researches with chance to complement missing dates and places, recognize described persons, solve unclear issues. The notes let decode crucial features of addressee's difficult personality, whereas for a few years the author had only spoken highly about him. Later sheran away from him and pleaded for invalidation of the marriage.

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18 th century, epistolography, diary, Hieronim Florian Radziwiłł, Magdalena z Czapskich Radziwiłłowa, Tomasz Niewodniczański's collection

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Maciejewska, I. (2018). The Role of the Hieronim Florian Radziwiłł’s Diary in the Edition of the Magdalena z Czapskich Radziwiłłowa’s Letters. Prace Literaturoznawcze, (4). Retrieved from https://czasopisma.uwm.edu.pl/index.php/pl/article/view/1134

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