 This form of archival arrangement has come to be known as the "historical manuscripts tradition".The principle of ""respect des fonds"" and of "original order" was adopted in Belgium and France about 1840 and spread throughout Europe during the following decades.Following the rise of state-run archives in France and Prussia, the rising volume of modern records entering the archive made the adherence to the manuscript tradition impossible; there were not enough resources to organize and classify each record.