historiography (redirected from Metahistoriography)

his·to·ri·og·ra·phy  (h-stôr-gr-f, -str-)

n.

1. The principles, theories, or methodology of scholarly historical research and presentation.

2. 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.

3. A body of historical literature.

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[French historiographie, from Old French, from Greek historiographi : histori, history; see history + -graphi, -graphy.]

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his·tori·o·graphic (---grfk), his·tori·o·graphi·cal (--kl) adj.

his·tori·o·graphi·cal·ly adv.

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historiography [ˌhɪstɔːrɪˈɒgrəfɪ]

n

1. (Historical Terms) the writing of history

2. (Historical Terms) the study of the development of historical method, historical research, and writing

3. (Historical Terms) any body of historical literature

historiographic  [hɪˌstɔːrɪəˈgræfɪk], historiographical adj

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historiography

1. the body of literature concerned with historical matters.
2. the methods of historical research and presentation.
3. an official history. — historiographer, n. — historiographic, historiographical, adj.

See also: History

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	historiography - a body of historical literature literature - published writings in a particular style on a particular subject; "the technical literature"; "one aspect of Waterloo has not yet been treated in the literature"
	2.	historiography - the writing of history authorship, penning, writing, composition - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship"

Translations

historiography [ˌhɪstɒrɪˈɒgrəfɪ] N → historiografía f

historiography

n → Geschichtsschreibung f, → Historiografie f