historiography

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 stand the test of critical methods b. the principles, theory, and history of historical writing <
a course in historiography
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2. the product of historical writing ; a body of historical literature • historiographical also historiographic adjectivehistoriographically adverb

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