historiography

[ hi-stawr-ee-og-ruh-fee, -stohr- ]

/ hɪˌstɔr iˈɒg rə fi, -ˌstoʊr- /

noun, plural his·to·ri·og·ra·phies.

the body of literature dealing with historical matters; histories collectively.

the body of techniques, theories, and principles of historical research and presentation; methods of historical scholarship.

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.

an official history: medieval historiographies.

Nearby words

historicism, historicity, historicize, historied, historiographer, historiography, historrhexis, history, histosol, histotome, histotomy

Origin of historiography

1560–70; < Middle French historiographie < Greek historiographía. See history, -o-, -graphy

Related forms

his·to·ri·o·graph·ic

[hi-stawr-ee-uh-graf-ik, -stohr-] /hɪˌstɔr i əˈgræf ɪk, -ˌstoʊr-/, his·to·ri·o·graph·i·cal, adjectivehis·to·ri·o·graph·i·cal·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for historiography

They may well, in fact, be the most discussed questions in 20th century historiography.
UPDATED: David's Bookclub: Iron Curtain|David Frum|November 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But Arafat's take on history, his lies, in effect, fly in the face of 1,400 years of Muslim tradition and historiography.
Temple Denial|Benny Morris|April 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST
For the rest we have in our hands a product of the oldest Hebrew historiography.
The Literature of the Old Testament|George Foot Moore
His output is perhaps the greatest of any isolated worker in the whole history of historiography.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5|Various

Hellanicus marks a real step in the development of historiography.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2|Various
All this time, there are no Albanians in the historiography of this cursed land.
After the Rain|Sam Vaknin
But historiography cannot permanently evade the questions raised by these theories.
Evolution in Modern Thought|Ernst Haeckel

British Dictionary definitions for historiography

historiography

/ (ˌhɪstɔːrɪˈɒɡrəfɪ) /

noun

the writing of history

the study of the development of historical method, historical research, and writing

any body of historical literature

Derived Forms

historiographic (hɪˌstɔːrɪəˈɡræfɪk) or historiographical, adjective

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