Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Chapter 1. The Lithuanian Metrica: The Concept, Term, and Archival Characteristics 1
5. Chapter 2. The Grand Issue of the History of the Lithuanian Metrica—the Appearance of the Books (until the Late Sixteenth Century) 14
6. Chapter 3. The Chancellery of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Lithuanian Metrica in the Fifteenth–First Half of the Sixteenth Centuries 38
7. Chapter 4. The Chancellery of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Lithuanian Metrica in the Mid-Sixteenth–First Quarter of the Seventeenth Centuries 58
8. Chapter 5. The Chancellery of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and its Staff from the 1620s to the Eighteenth Century 85
9. Chapter 6. Structure, Handling, and Control Issues Regarding the Lithuanian Metrica 101
10. Chapter 7. Storage of the Lithuanian Metrica: Balancing State Interests and Personal Whims 131
11. Chapter 8. The Eighteenth Century—a Time of Journeys: The Lithuanian Metrica between Vilnius, Warsaw, and Saint Petersburg 146
12. Chapter 9. In Foreign Hands 180
13. Chapter 10. Research and Publishing 201
14. Bibliography 224
15. Index 245