historiography

I had been thinking about the 210 Reasons for the decline of the Roman Empire: an historian had, as a joke, collected into one list everything which had been claimed to be a reason for the fall of the Roman Empire. It ended up quite a list containing the likes of Lead Poisoning, Tristesse, Villa...

Hello all, So, the Italian Renaissance was (more or less) a renewed interest in Italy's Classical Roman heritage, mostly in aesthetic and scholarly fields. This interest in pre-Christian culture and philosophy led to new developments which went hand-in-hand with the preeminence of the Catholic...

There are many books and articles from Western/European historians on the histories of other countries and their own history and mythologies. Thus finding a western lens on the Islamic World, Africa, India, and East Asia is easy to find. However, I was wondering if the reverse was also true? Are...

What are some ways that historiography could be different in alternate timelines? For example, if there was a decades-long cold war between the Axis and Allies, the British Empire would probably be seen as liberal to this day, and more closely associated with the alliance of many nations...

Ok, so bear with me a little, as this discussion is a little different from what we normally do: Imagine an ATL that’s OTL up at least through 1805. You only know two things about the century that follows - first, that there is no Bourbon Restoration or Orleanist Monarchy; second, that by 1905...