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noun The principles, theories, or methodology of scholarly historical research and presentation.
noun 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.
noun A body of historical literature.

In Soviet historiography, these Ukrainian anti-Soviet partisans are often referred to as Banderovtsy [Banderovs]. — Attack of the Airacobras - Soviet Aces, American P-39s and the Air War Against Germany
What does this imply for the historiography of the year 1989? — signandsight.com
Similarly in Islamic historiography: Muhammad's political-military adversaries were the members of his disowned pagan Quraysh tribe back in Mecca, who launched three successive campaigns against the nascent faith-community in Medina. — بالاترین
Most tellingly, he also frankly admits that he is not really interested in facts: "'We do [historiography] because of ideological reasons, not because we are truth seekers ...' there is no such thing as truth, only a collection of narratives '." — Richmond IMC
The tendency to perceive Stalinism as a normal vector of historical development finds its clear counterpart in contemporary Russian historiography, which in turn influences popular consciousness. — Eurozine articles