- historiography
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Historiography — His*to ri*og ra*phy, n. The art of employment of an historiographer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
historiography — 1560s; see from HISTORY (Cf. history) + GRAPHY (Cf. graphy). Related: Historiographer … Etymology dictionary
historiography — ► NOUN 1) the study of the writing of history and of written histories. 2) the writing of history. DERIVATIVES historiographer noun historiographic adjective historiographical adjective … English terms dictionary
historiography — [his tôr΄ē äg′rəfē] n. 1. the writing of history 2. HISTORY (sense 4); specif., the study of the techniques of historical research and historical writing, the methods of major historians, etc. 3. a body of historical writing … English World dictionary
historiography — historiographic /hi stawr ee euh graf ik, stohr /, historiographical, adj. historiographically, adv. /hi stawr ee og reuh fee, stohr /, n., pl. historiographies. 1. the body of literature dealing with historical matters; histories collectively. 2 … Universalium
Historiography — See also: Historian Historiography refers either to the study of the history and methodology of history as a discipline, or to a body of historical work on a specialized topic. Scholars discuss historiography topically – such as the… … Wikipedia
HISTORIOGRAPHY — This article is arranged according to the following outline: the bible second temple period chronicles of the jews early middle ages spanish and portuguese sixteenth to the seventeenth centuries systematic histories early studies the wissenschaft … Encyclopedia of Judaism
historiography — The writing of Spain s history was a particularly sensitive issue during the period of the Franco dictatorship, especially since the regime sought its legitimization in carefully selected precedents from the past. Franco s rising against the… … Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture
historiography — The art of, or employment of, writing history. To study historiography is to study the methodological (including epistemological) questions raised by the writing of historical accounts. In an article published in the Polish Sociological Bulletin… … Dictionary of sociology
Historiography — During the early Middle Ages, several kinds of historical works were written in the countries that only subsequently constituted the Low Countries and the Dutch Republic, for exam ple, the chronicles of Alpertus Mettensis, Melis Stoke, Emo and … Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands
historiography — noun Date: 1569 1. a. the writing of history; especially the writing of history based on the critical examination of sources, the selection of particulars from the authentic materials, and the synthesis of particulars into a narrative that will… … New Collegiate Dictionary
