CultureAugust 5, 2026

historiography

his-TOR-ee-OG-ruh-fee

Definition

The study of the methods, theories, and development of historical writing and interpretation.

Etymology

Derived from the Greek words 'historia' (history or inquiry) and 'graphia' (writing). It entered English in the late 18th century to describe the craft and academic tradition of writing history.

In the news

The article states that Robin Middleton's scholarship significantly reshaped the historiography of nineteenth-century architecture by fundamentally changing how the field interprets and writes about its past.

Robin Middleton, the Historian Who Changed How Architecture Reads Its Past, Dies at 94

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Architect Magazine

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