TY - JOUR TI - Jan Andrzej Sierakowski and His Private Diaries AU - Janas, Eugeniusz TI - Jan Andrzej Sierakowski and His Private Diaries AB - The main part of this article is the edition of a short diary from the second part of seventeenth century which undoubtedly belongs to the genre of family memoirs so popular in the nobility writings of the seventeenth and eighteenth century. The text, written by Jan Andrzej Sierakowski (died in 1698), is a factual and concise history of events from 1664–1697; first of all it concerns private and family history but also pertains to the public activity of the author and his numerous mainly property) transactions. The diary seems an interesting item of evidence of the nobility’s everyday life. The edition is preceded by a short history of Sierakowski family, especially regarding the author of the text. VL - 2017 IS - Vol. 4 PY - 2017 SN - 1734-7513 C1 - 2720-3697 SP - 155 EP - 168 DO - 10.4467/17347513SA.17.008.14520 UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studia-archiwalne/article/jan-andrzej-sierakowski-i-jego-konnotata-prywatne KW - family diaries – seventeenth century KW - Jan Andrzej Sierakowski KW - Polish history in the seventeenth century