Historical Methodology Terms

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noun the body of literature dealing with historical matters; histories collectively

  • Historiography is the study of how history has been written and interpreted over time.
  • I find historiography fascinating because it shows how historical events can be viewed in different ways.
  • I never realized how much goes into historiography until I took that history class.
  • Just like a painting, historiography can have different layers of interpretation depending on who is looking at it.