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annalist::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | historian, historiographer |
| Derivation | annals |
Examples of annalist
annalist
A trained annalist, his research for each novel has been rigorous.
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The annalist structure is followed strictly, to the extent of listing the four seasons of each year even when no events are recorded.
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Eusebius'work consists of two books, the Chronographia, a summary of history in annalist form, and the Chronikoi Kanones, tables of years and events.
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The anonymous annalist who composed one of the Anglo-Saxon chronicles repeated Bede's list of seven kings in a famous entry under the year 827, with one additional king, Egbert of Wessex.
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This work includes material from a copy of the Chronicle, but it is very difficult to tell which version because the annalist was selective about his use of the material.
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Annalists were different from historians, in that an annalist was more likely to just record events for reference purposes, rather than offering their own opinions of events.
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- A historian who writes annals
- (annalistic) relating to annals; "a book with an annalistic approach"
- Annalists (from Latin annus, year; hence annales, sc. libri, annual records), is the name given to a class of writers on Roman history, the period of whose literary activity lasted from the time of the Second Punic War to that of Sulla. ...
