La gestione documentale sotto l'aquila asburgica (1815 e 1817)

Following the first introduction of protocols and archival titles during theNapoleonic government,
confirmed by the Habsburg, between 1815 and 1817 two new laws were approved for public records
management in the Italian provinces of theAustrian Empire. Such regulations have to be considered
forerunners for European archival theory, especially German and Italian ones. The main chapter
was called «Regola per la manipolazione dei documenti»: updated to the current North American
context, it could be simply translated as Records management policy. This essay intendsto highlight
the notable topicality of the new regulations, that can be considered a sort of «Records management
manual» ante litteram.