historiography
historiography
Definition
his·to·ri·og·ra·phy (-fē)
noun
- the writing of history
- history (sense ); specif., the study of the techniques of historical research and historical writing, the methods of major historians, etc.
- a body of historical writing
historiography
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- science: In the historiography of medieval science, the views of Pierre Duhem, have proven to be extremely influential.
- history: Where does she fit into the historiography of medieval history?
- period: This, however, fails to do justice to modern developments in historiography of the Hellenistic period.
- subject: Maxine Berg brings to her task a formidable grasp of the historiography of the subject which she then submits to a feminist critique.
- art: In discussing the question of the historiography of contemporary art, two factors seem particularly salient.
- mathematics: A central question in the historiography of mathematics ' , Middlesex University Business School Discussion Paper number 7, September 2001.
Converse of object
- include: The review aims to include historiography, erudition, philosophies of history, methodologies of historical research and didactics of history.
- introduce: The second half of the course organizes students in program groups, to introduce the historiography and sources of their chosen field of study.
- establish: The established historiography broadly interprets war commemoration in the post-war period in two ways.
- challenge: The chapter provides a very clear and concise argument and successfully challenges the historiography.
- concern: Such a genealogy of the dialectical document inevitably raises issues concerning the historiography of photography.
Adjective modifier
- nationalist: The most popular reading is the ' Ai-Lao ' version, an implicit response to Thai nationalist historiography.
- feminist: Articles from later issues include: ' Why are you studying history ' and ' Feminist Historiography of Early Modern Women ' .
- Greek: At present there is one fellow in Classics: Franco Basso whose research is on Greek historiography.
- Western: Western historiography, on its side, was tinted by the colonial interests of the nineteenth century.
- modern: Their standard for truth is, all too often, the standard of modern historiography, or something else of the kind.
- Irish: The future of Irish migration historiography undoubtedly lies in the global arena, beyond the confines of individual nation states.
Noun used with modifier
- century: Also the Levant trade, links between Italy and the lands across the Adriatic, and 19th and 20th century historiography of medieval Europe.
- eighteenth-century: He is currently completing a book on eighteenth-century historiography, public memory and politics for Edinburgh University Press.
- testament: Old Testament Historiography in Its Near Eastern Context, pp.
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