historiography


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
historiography /hɪˌstɔːrɪˈɒgrəfi, -ˌstɒrɪ-/
noun the study of the writing of history and of written histories.

■ the writing of history.

– derivatives
historiographer noun,
historiographic adjective,
historiographical adjective.
– origin C16: via med. L. from Gk historiographia, from historia ‘history’ + -graphia ‘writing’.
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