historiography
Americannoun
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the body of literature dealing with historical matters; histories collectively.
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the body of techniques, theories, and principles of historical research and presentation; methods of historical scholarship.
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the narrative presentation of history based on a critical examination, evaluation, and selection of material from primary and secondary sources and subject to scholarly criteria.
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an official history.
medieval historiographies.
noun
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the writing of history
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the study of the development of historical method, historical research, and writing
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any body of historical literature
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Etymology
Origin of historiography
1560–70; < Middle French historiographie < Greek historiographía. See history, -o-, -graphy
Example Sentences
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The nonviolent ways that Jews fought the genocide should also be considered part of the resistance, according to Dan Michman, the author of “Holocaust Historiography: A Jewish Perspective.”
From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2021
Or you could take Mad Men: Media, Gender, Historiography, with me, and make your friends wonder exactly how you got your parents to pay for you to binge a show on Netflix.
From Slate • Apr. 8, 2014
—Theory and History of Historiography, trans. by D. Ainslie.
From The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day by Underhill, Evelyn
Historiography received a great impulse in the 6th century.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various
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