historiography

nouns

a body of historical literature
is derived from
is a type of (narrower)
published writings in a particular style on a particular subject
"the technical literature"; "one aspect of Waterloo has not yet been treated in the literature"
the writing of history
is a type of (narrower)
the act of creating written works
"writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship"