The word "history" comes from Middle English through Latin. It was originally Greek and was spelt as "historia", meaning to inquire as well as narrative and history.
"History" comes from the Ancient Greek "istoria", which refers to a narrative or accounting of past events. the argument that it is a blending of "his" and "story" is fictitious.
History is the aggregate of past events. It is a record or narrative description of past events. It is the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings. It is all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing.
Narrative comes from the French word, narratif, which is derived from the Latin word narrare. Narrare means to tell or recount.
Linear narrative provides a sequence and straightforward representation of events leading to single resolution. As such, easy manageable to the audiences and is the dominant form in typical media representations.
A "story" can be accounted events or a narrative history.
history narrative record fact chronicle
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Luke writes the events of history as they happened in the form of a gospel.
Edward Walsh has written: 'A narrative of the expedition to Holland, in the autumn of the year 1799' -- subject(s): Military History, History 'A narrative of the expedition to Holland'
History is meant to be an objective narrative description of past events, while a story will be a subjective narrative description of either real past events or imaginary people and events.
Historical narrative
Edwin Adams Davis has written: 'Louisiana, a narrative history' -- subject(s): History 'LA a Narrative History' 'Louisiana, the Pelican State' -- subject(s): History, Juvenile literature 'Fallen guidon' -- subject(s): Americans, History, Texas Civil War, 1861-1865
Chronology or timeline
Robert Godlonton has written: 'Narrative of the Kaffir War, 1850-1851-1852' -- subject(s): History 'A narrative of the irruption of the Kaffirhordes into the eastern province of the Cape of Good Hope, 1834-1835' -- subject(s): History 'A narrative of the irruption of the Kafir hordes into the Eastern province of the Cape of Good Hope, 1834-1835' -- subject(s): History
The address of the West Of West Center For Narrative History Of The Central Va is: 5711 N Farris Ave, Fresno, CA 93711-2426
Ethan Allen has written: 'Ethan Allen's narrative of the capture of Ticonderoga, his captivity and treatment by the British' -- subject(s): History, Prisoners and prisons, Personal narratives 'Reason the Only Oracle of Man or A Compendious System of Natural Religion' 'Narrative of the capture of Ticonderoga' -- subject(s): History 'A narrative of Col. Ethan Allen's captivity' -- subject(s): Accessible book, History, Personal narratives, Prisoners and prisons 'A narrative of the captivity of Col. Ethan Allen' '911' 'Allen's captivity' -- subject(s): Prisoners and prisons, History, Personal narratives, Military biography 'Reason, the Only Oracle of Man (1784 Facsimile)' 'Ethan Allen's Narrative of the capture of Ticonderoga' -- subject(s): History, Prisoners and prisons, Personal narratives 'A narrative of Col. Ethan Allen's captivity. Written by himself' -- subject(s): Prisoners and prisons, History