Definition of "historiography" []

• The principles, theories, or methodology of scholarly historical research and presentation. (noun)
• The writing of history based on a critical analysis, evaluation, and selection of authentic source materials and composition of these materials into a narrative subject to scholarly methods of criticism. (noun)
• A body of historical literature. (noun)

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• "And with it all, it has dawned on me that my advanced training in historiography seems to have molded me somewhat, and I even seem to have acquired something of that habit of mind."
• "It would be an interesting task in historiography to see how the professional mainstream came to the conclusion of symmetric fluctuations."
• "Considering the extent to which the improvement in historiography depends on knowing more facts, I find it interesting and even vital for the author to provide numerous examples."