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historiography

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

noun

plural historiographies.
  1. the body of literature dealing with historical matters; histories collectively.
  2. the body of techniques, theories, and principles of historical research and presentation; methods of historical scholarship.
  3. 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.
  4. an official history:

    medieval historiographies.



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Other 51Թ Forms

  • 󾱲·ٴ···· [hi-stawr-ee-, uh, -, graf, -ik, -stohr-], 󾱲·ٴr··i· adjective
  • 󾱲·ٴr··i··ly adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of historiography1

1560–70; < Middle French historiographie < Greek 󾱲ٴǰDzí. See history, -o-, -graphy
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“He has engaged with the historiography in a way that is clearly the equivalent of a professional historian,” Brooks said.

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But no matter — conservative historiography was as quick to condemn Roosevelt’s war leadership as it was to pounce on his domestic record.

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Such a reading of history is inaccurate, based on lies and willful distortions of fact and historiography, intellectually dishonest, and is right-wing dogma and disinformation masquerading as "scholarship".

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In practice, these strictures elevate a white-oriented historiography to the level of received truth, turning the clock back on decades of pedagogical progress.

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The awards foundation said Carrère d’Encausse was “one of the most brilliant, original and distinguished personalities of French historiography and contemporary European thought.”

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