annalist

Yearly events documenter

An annalist is a writer of annals—historical records organized year by year.

The term suggests a chronicler who records events systematically rather than interpreting them: The medieval annalist noted the harvest failures and royal deaths of each year.

Annalists focus on documentation over narrative art.

chronicler

Writer of historical accounts

historianExpert on past events
biographerOne who writes lives
archivistKeeper of historical documents

genealogist · antiquarian · scribe · historiographer · recorder · diarist · memorialist · documentarian · amanuensis · copyist

records

chronicle

Ordered historical record

logbookOfficial record of events
registryOfficial record of entries
ledgerFinancial record book

journal · archive · diary · daybook · register · minutes · transcripts · entries · memoranda · log

writing

historiography

Study of history-writing

narrativeAccount of events
accountRecord of dealings
monographSingle-topic scholarly work

compilation · manuscript · yearbook · chronology · history · documentation · footnotes · citations · bibliography · references

eras

antiquity

Great age, ancient era

epochDistinct historical period
eraDistinct historical period
ageDuration of existence

century · dynasty · reign · period · bygone · heritage · ancestry · forebears · posterity · legacy

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