A book with an annalistic approach. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Annals as a particularly untrustworthy example of annalistic writing. From Wordnik.com. [Assyrian Historiography] Reference
She became aware of my annalistic endeavors and asked me to show her side. From Wordnik.com. [The White Rose]
Much more fortunate is our position when we have to deal with the annalistic inscriptions. From Wordnik.com. [Assyrian Historiography] Reference
A second annalistic group is that postulated as the original of the so called Broken Obelisk. From Wordnik.com. [Assyrian Historiography] Reference
Taking up first the Annals, we find that the annalistic documents from the reign may be divided into two general groups. From Wordnik.com. [Assyrian Historiography] Reference
The simplest and one of the oldest methods is the division by calendar centuries, decades, or years in annalistic fashion. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
T. Livius (Livy, 64 B.C.E. 12 C.E.) capped the annalistic tradition by writing a monumental history of Rome from its origin. From Wordnik.com. [3. Civil War and Renewal, 70 B.C.E.-14 C.E] Reference
It was not until the end of the fourteenth century B.C. with the reign of Arik den ilu, that we have the appearance of actual annalistic inscriptions. From Wordnik.com. [Assyrian Historiography] Reference
He departed from the annalistic arrangement, and took a broader view of his subject, endeavouring to connect events together, and to trace the motives of actions. From Wordnik.com. [The Student's Companion to Latin Authors] Reference
Indeed, if we count the "Annals of the Empire," which he wrote to please the Duchess of Saxe-Gotha, he may rank also under the third remaining head among the annalistic historians. From Wordnik.com. [Voltaire] Reference
The biography, which, in its earlier chapters, assumes a somewhat annalistic form, xxvi. i, xxviii. i, xxix. i, develops an easy and flowing style when it comes to deal with the siege of Jerusalem (xxxvii. -xliv.). From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the Old Testament] Reference
Influ - ences from the Byzantine empire seem to have stimu - lated annalistic writing, extending to points of cultural history and to notes about unusual occurrences in na - ture, as in the work of al-Tabari at the beginning of the tenth century. From Wordnik.com. [HISTORIOGRAPHY] Reference
In the thirteenth century, Pisa and Genoa had emerged as the two major powers in the area, and an account in an annalistic history of Genoa tells us of the 1277 sea battle between Genose and Pisan galleys that took place in view of the Sudak harbor. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Black Sea: From the Field: August 4, 2006] Reference
All these productions, conceived in the annalistic style, are extremely barbarous. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize] Reference
But he has perhaps freed himself too completely from the annalistic methods of most. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate] Reference
It was this chronicle that fixed forever the form to be adopted in the annalistic record of events. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize] Reference
Then try to give an annalistic comparison of your chosen goods with other similar goods offered in the open market. From Wordnik.com. [EzineArticles] Reference
Florence begins to be an independent authority in 1030, and his "Chronicle" goes down to 1117; it is annalistic in form, but. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI] Reference
But he does not appear to have repeated the experiment like so many other Latin poets, he turned to the common path of annalistic epic. From Wordnik.com. [Latin Literature] Reference
Wall-decoration and minor ornament are thus combined in a fashion analogous to the Byzantine treatment of annalistic and epigrammatic poetry. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux] Reference
The first products (twelfth century) here, as everywhere else, were lives of saints, followed in Lund and Röskilde by annalistic necrologies. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery] Reference
With wide erudition he collected a great mass of materials, and, where his facts became too unwieldy he abandoned the annalistic form for full and detailed narrative. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability] Reference
It extends from 455 to 581, and, although consisting only of dry, annalistic notes, it is valuable for Burgundian and Franconian history, especially for the second half of the sixth century. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy] Reference
But what we learn from archaeological records is annalistic not historic, since such records have not passed through the transforming crucible of a human intelligence which reasons on events as effects of causes. From Wordnik.com. [The Ancient East] Reference
It is also probable that these records were collected into a work, and that this work, while modernized by its frequent revisions, nevertheless preserved a great deal of original and genuine annalistic chronicle. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius] Reference
Its main characteristics are the annalistic style with precise dates, statistics, genealogies, official documents, etc., and it enters with minute detail into the religious prescriptions and ceremonies of the Law. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability] Reference
From this point of view historical and annalistic literature supplement each other; the former is aristocratic, the latter is secular, the latter ecclesiastical and monastic; the former is classical, the latter popular. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux] Reference
478 and 479, suddenly fails us, and we have scarcely anything but dry and scanty annalistic notices for the next nine years of the life of. From Wordnik.com. [Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation] Reference
149 B.C.), who was influenced by the Greeks and was exceptional in his desire to escape the annalistic form. From Wordnik.com. [HISTORIOGRAPHY] Reference
“writings,” from which annalistic information might be expected: it lies, or is said to lie, about two hours’ ride north of our camp, and beyond the Jils el-Rawiyán famed for. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Midian] Reference
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