historiography
noun
the body of literature dealing with historical matters; histories collectively.
historiographic
-
a word derived from
historiography.
Example Sentences
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No pulp novel or position paper was ever beneath their notice, no source too obscure for L.A.’s historiographic holy trinity to read and quote from.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2023
“The other historiographic position held that Pius XII did everything within his power to help those suffering under Nazi and Fascist oppression and that he was merely constrained by circumstances.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2022
Craven characterized “Black Reconstruction” as “history re-written,” not to laud the book’s contribution to the historiographic debates of the time but to malign it as an illegitimate analysis.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 7, 2022
While these questions are raised by Herrera’s work, he has concerned himself less with the twists of historiographic debate and more with images and gestures that inspire deep feeling in queer people.
From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2018
The event has become a complex part of English memorial culture: as a historiographic debate, heritage, a site of tourism and memory, something to be owned, a place to drink, something to spend.
From Time ● May 11, 2016
