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historiography (s) (noun, historiographies (pl)
1. The body of literature dealing with past events collectively.
2. A group of techniques, theories, and principles of past research, scholarship, and presentation.
3. The narrative presentation of the past which is based on a critical examination, evaluation, and selection of material from primary and secondary sources and subject to scholarly criteria: "Mark was a historian who specialized in compiling medieval historiographies".