Intellectual history and the new archival appraisal theories : One of the possible examples of dialogue between history and archival science

Abstract

The essay presents one of the possible examples of dialogue between history and archival science. Specifically how intellectual history as a field of research in history can enrich the theoretical conceptions of archival appraisal.

The article tries to set different contexts, in which we could understand documents and appraise them.

Keywords

• archival appraisal
• intellectual history
• archival theory
• appraisal theory