Title: “Experto en letras antiguas busca empleo”. El papel de los archiveros en la organización del patrimonio documental de la aristocracia española (1750-1850). Una aproximación a sus fuentes y posibilidades de estudio
Abstract: The gradual abolition of the Old Regime, between the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, coincided in Spain with the highest concentration of noble titles in its History and the imperative need to revise the rich documentary heritage treasured by the nobility for centuries. In this process of convergence of fortunes and repeal of manorial rights, the role of archivists and paleographers was essential, entrusted with the management of the archival fonds, tasks which involved its organization, selective elimination, description, copy of the most valuable archival instruments and relocation in the palaces near the Court or another cities.