Związki Królestwa Polskiego z Europą Zachodnią w dziedzinie oświaty i nauki w świetle protokołów posiedzeń RWP w latach 1845–1850

The Council of Public Education was created by the law on schooling of July 15, 1833 and was supposed to take over a number of powers that used to belong to the Government Commission on Religions and Public Enlightenment. During years between the insurrections (1831–1863), scientific and education relations of the Polish Kingdom and Western Europe were radically restricted. It was reflected in the protocols of the Council’s sittings that included only incidental records of cases of Polish scientists and teachers leaving abroad for scientific purposes. In majority, decisions of the Council having to do with international rela-tions at that time concerned purchases of items and exhibits and, less often, of magazines for scientific institutions, as Botanical Garden, Zoological Hall, or Public Library. Records in the protocols are therefore a proof of limited role of the Council of Public Education in the management of educational system of the Polish Kingdom during that period.