Definition of historiography Historiography

/hɪstɔˌɹiɑˈgɹʌfi/ - [historeeagrufee] - his•to•ri•og•ra•phy

We found 8 definitions of historiography from 6 different sources.

What does historiography mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: historiographies
historiography - a body of historical literature
		literature the profession or art of a writer; "her place in literature is secure"
historiography - the writing of history

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Wiktionary

historiography (Noun)
The writing of history; a written history.
historiography (Noun)
The study of the discipline and practice of history and the writings of past historians.

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historiography (n.)
The art of employment of an historiographer.

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historiography
Study of the practice of writing history.

Wikipedia

Historiography is about the writing of history and the use of historical methods. Therefore it looks at authors, sources, interpretation, style, bias, and audience. The word historiography can also refer to a body of historical work.

Hellenic world.

Written history appeared first with the ancient Greeks, whose historians greatly contributed to the development of historical methodology. The very first historical works were "The Histories" composed by Herodotus of Halicarnassus (484 BC–ca.425 BC), who became later known as the 'father of history' (Cicero).

Thucydides was the first to distinguish between cause and immediate origins of an event, and his successor Xenophon (ca. 431–355 BC) introduced autobiographical elements and character studies in his Anabasis.

Roman world.

The Romans adopted the Greek tradition, becoming the first people to write history in a non-Greek language. The most famous writers are Julius Caesar's (100 BC–44 BC) "Bellum Gallicum".

Livy (59 BC–AD 17) who records the rise of Rome from city-state to world dominion.

Plutarch (c. 46 - 127) and Suetonius (c. 69-after 130) introduced biography as a branch of history. Tacitus (c. 56–c. 117) citicizes Roman immorality by praising German virtues.

Medieval Europe.

Writing history was popular among Christian monks and clergy in the Middle Ages. They wrote about the history of Jesus Christ, the Church and of their patrons, the dynastic history of the local rulers. In the Early Middles Ages historical writing often