Editing List of historians (section)

==Middle Ages{{anchor|Historians and chroniclers of the Medieval World}}==
===Byzantine sphere===
{{see|:Category:Byzantine historians}}
*[[Procopius]] (c. 500 – c. 565), writings on reigns of [[Justinian]] and [[Theodora (wife of Justinian I)|Theodora]]
*[[Constantine of Preslav]] (late 9th – early 10th c.), [[First Bulgarian Empire|Bulgarian]] historian
*[[Nestor the Chronicler]] (c. 1056 – c. 1114, in Kiev), author of the [[Primary Chronicle]]
*[[Anna Komnene]] (1083–1153), Byzantine princess 
*[[Joannes Zonaras]] (12th c.), Byzantine chronicler
*[[Nicetas Choniates]] (died c. 1220)
*[[Domentijan]] (1210–1264), Serbian monk and chronicler

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===Latin sphere===
{{see|Historians of England in the Middle Ages}}

====Early Middle Ages====

* [[Gildas]] (500–570), ''On the Ruin of Britain''

*[[Gregory of Tours]] (538–594), ''A History of the Franks''
*[[Baudovinia]] ({{fl.|c. 600}}), Frankish nun who wrote a biography of [[Radegund]]
*[[Cogitosus]] (fl. c. 650), Irish historian
*[[Tírechán]] (fl. c. 655), Irish biographer of [[Saint Patrick]]
*[[Muirchu moccu Machtheni]] (7th c.), Irish historian
*[[Adamnan]] (625–704), Irish historian
*[[Bede]] (c. 672–735), Anglo-Saxon England
*[[Paul the Deacon]] (8th c.), Langobards
*[[Einhard]] (9th c.), biographer of [[Charlemagne]]
*[[Nennius]] (c. 9th c.), Wales
*[[Notker of St Gall]] (9th c.), anecdotal biography of [[Charlemagne]]
*[[Martianus Hiberniensis]] (819–875), Irish teacher and historian
*[[Asser]], Bishop of [[Sherborne]] (died 908/909), Welsh historian
*[[Regino of Prüm]] (died 915)

====High Middle Ages====
{{see|Recueil des historiens des croisades}}

====10th century====
*[[Widukind of Corvey]] (925–973), Ottonian chronicler
*[[Liutprand of Cremona]] (922–972), Byzantine affairs
*[[Heriger of Lobbes]] (925–1007), theologian and historian
*[[Richerus]] ({{fl.|10th century}}), French monk and historian
*[[Hrotsvitha|Hrostvitha of Gandersheim]] (935–978), Saxon canoness, poet and historian

====11th century====
*[[Ahimaaz ben Paltiel]] (1017–1060) - 1054 Jewish chronicle of Byzantine Italy
*[[Thietmar of Merseburg]] (25 July 975 – 1 December 1018), German, Polish, and Russian affairs
*[[Michael Psellus]] (1018 – c. 1078), Greek politician and historian
*[[Marianus Scotus]] (1028–1082/1083), Irish chronicler
*[[Michael Attaleiates]] (c. 1015 – c. 1080), Byzantine historian
*[[Guibert of Nogent]] (1053–1124), [[Benedictines|Benedictine]] historian
*[[Eadmer]] (c. 1066 – c. 1124), post-Conquest English history
*[[Adam of Bremen]] (later 11th century), historian of Scandinavia, ''[[Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum]]''

====12th century====

*[[Abraham ibn Daud]] (1110-1180), Sephardic Jewish author of ''[[Sefer ha-Qabbalah]]''
*[[Albert of Aix]] ({{fl.| c. 1100}}), historian of the [[First Crusade]]
*[[Alured of Beverley]] (fl. 1143), English chronicler
*[[Ambroise]] (fl. 1190s), Anglo-Norman writer of verse narrative of the [[Third Crusade]]
*[[Anna Komnene]] (Anna Comnena, 1083 – post-1148), Byzantine princess and historian
*[[Anonymus (notary of Béla III)|Bele Regis Notarius]](late 12th century – early 13th century),Hungarian chronicler. [[Gesta Hungarorum]].
*[[Eliezer ben Nathan]] (1090–1170), Jewish chronicler of the [[Rhineland massacres]] from Mainz
*[[Ephraim of Bonn]] (1132–1200 or 1221), Jewish chronicler
*[[Florence of Worcester]] (died 1118), English chronicler
*[[Galbert of Bruges]] (12th century), Flemish chronicler
*[[Gallus Anonymus]] (fl. 11th – 12th centuries), Polish historian
*[[Geoffrey Gaimar]] (fl. 1130s), Anglo-Norman chronicler
*[[Geoffrey of Monmouth]] (c. 1100 – c. 1155), churchman/historian
*[[Geoffroi de Villehardouin]] (c. 1160–1212)
*[[Helmold of Bosau]] (ca. 1120 – post-1177), German chronicler
*[[John of Worcester]] (fl. 1150s), English chronicler
*[[Otto of Freising]] (c. 1114–1158), German chronicler
*[[Pelagius of Oviedo]] (died 1153), Iberian bishop/historian
*[[Saxo Grammaticus]] (12th century), Danish chronicler
*[[Solomon bar Simson]] (1140), Jewish chronicler of the Crusades in Mainz
*[[Svend Aagesen]] (c. 1140/1150 – unknown date), Danish historian
*[[Symeon of Durham]] (died post-1129), English chronicler
*[[William of Malmesbury]] (1095–1143), English historian
*[[William of Newburgh]] (1135–1198), English historian known as "the father of historical criticism"
*[[William of Tyre]] (c. 1128–1186)

====13th century====
*[[Giraldus Cambrensis]] (c. 1146 – c. 1223)
*[[Wincenty Kadlubek]] (1161–1223), Polish historian
*[[Adam of Eynsham]] (died c. 1233), English hagiographer and writer, abbot of [[Eynsham Abbey]]
*[[Snorri Sturluson]] (c. 1178–1241), Icelandic historian
*[[Matthew Paris]] (died 1259), English chronicler and illuminator
*[[Jans der Enikel]] (c. 1227 – c. 1290), Viennese historian and poet
*[[Templar of Tyre]] (c. 1230–1314), end of the [[Crusades]]
*[[Simon of Kéza]]. End of 13th century. A Hungarian chronicler. (c. 1282–1285: [[Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum]])

====Late Middle Ages====
''Historians of the Italian Renaissance listed under "Renaissance"''
*[[Piers Langtoft]] (died c. 1307)
*[[Jean de Joinville]] (1224–1319)
*[[Giovanni Villani]] (1276–1348), Italian chronicler from Florence who wrote the ''[[Nuova Cronica]]''
*[[John of Küküllő]] (1320–1393)
*[[John Clyn]] ({{fl.|1333–1349}}), Irish historian
*[[Seán Mór Ó Dubhagáin]] (died 1372), Irish historian
*[[Adhamh Ó Cianáin]] (died 1373)
*[[John of Fordun]] (died 1384), Scottish chronicler
*[[Ruaidhri Ó Cianáin]] (died 1387), Irish historian
*[[Jean Froissart]] (c. 1337 – c. 1405), chronicler
*[[Dietrich of Nieheim]] (c. 1345–1418), ecclesiastical history
*[[Christine de Pizan]] (c. 1365 – c. 1430), historian, poet and philosopher
*[[Álvar García de Santa María]] (1370–1460)
*[[Giolla Íosa Mór Mac Fhirbhisigh]] (fl. 1390–1418)
*[[John Capgrave]] (1393–1464)
*[[Alfonso de Cartagena]] (1396–1456)
*[[Enguerrand de Monstrelet]] (c. 1400–1453), French chronicler
*[[Georges Chastellain]] (c. 1405 or 1415–1475), Burgundian chronicler
*[[Thomas Basin]] (1412–1491), French historian
*[[Jan Długosz]] (1415–1480), Polish historian and chronicler
*[[Mathieu d'Escouchy]] (1420–1482), French chronicler
*[[Olivier de la Marche]] (1425–1502), Burgundian chronicler
*[[Antonio Bonfini]](1424–1502), Italian chronicler
*[[Johannes de Thurocz]](1435–1489), Hungarian chronicler
*[[Jean Molinet]] (1435–1507), French chronicler
*[[Cathal Óg Mac Maghnusa]] (1439–1498), compiler and annalist
*[[Philippe de Commines]] (1447–1511)

===Islamic world===
{{see|Historiography of early Islam}}
*[[Ibn Rustah]] (10th century), Persian historian and traveler
*[[Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi]] (995–1077), Persian historian and author
*[[Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari]] (838–923), Persian historian
*[[Al-Biruni]] (973–1048), Persian historian
*[[Ibn Hayyan]] (987–1075), Al-Andalus historian
*[[Ibn Hazm]] (994–1064), Al-Andalus historian
*[[Al-Udri]] (born 1003), Al-Andalus historian
*[[Mohammed al-Baydhaq]] ({{fl.|1150}}), Moroccan historian
*[[Usamah ibn Munqidh]] (1095–1188)
*[[Ali ibn al-Athir]] (1160–1233)
*[[Abdelwahid al-Marrakushi]] (born 1185), Moroccan historian
*[[Ibn al-Khabbaza]] (died 1239), Moroccan historian
*[[Ata al-Mulk Juvayni]] (1226–1283), Persian historian
*[[Abdelaziz al-Malzuzi]] (died 1298), Moroccan historian
*[[Ibn Kathir]] (1300–1373), Arab Islamic Historian and Scholar, Mamluk Sultanate 
*[[Ibn Abi Zar]] (fl. 1315), Moroccan historian
*[[Ibn Idhari]] (late 13th/early 14th c.), Moroccan historian
*[[Rashid-al-Din Hamadani]] (1247–1317), Persian historian
*Abdullah [[Wassaf]] (1299–1323), Persian historian
*[[Ibn Khaldun]] (1332–1406), North African historian "of the world"
*[[Ismail ibn al-Ahmar]] (1387–1406), Moroccan historian

===East Asia===
*[[Fang Xuanling]] (房玄齡, 579–648, Chinese [[Tang dynasty]]) compiled the ''[[Book of Jin]]''.
*[[Yao Silian]] (姚思廉, died 637, Chinese [[Tang dynasty]]) compiled the ''[[Book of Liang]]'' and ''[[Book of Chen]]''.
*[[Wei Zheng]] (魏徵, 580–643), Chinese historian and lead editor of the ''[[Book of Sui]]''
*[[Liu Zhiji]] (劉知幾, 661–721), Chinese history, author of ''[[Shitong]]'', the first Chinese work on [[Chinese historiography]] and methods
*[[Ō no Yasumaro]] (太安万侶, died 723), Japanese chronicler and editor of ''[[Kojiki]]'' and ''[[Nihon Shoki]]''
*[[Liu Xu]] (劉昫,888–947), Chinese historian and lead editor of ''[[Old Book of Tang]]''
*[[Li Fang (Song dynasty)|Li Fang]] (李昉, 925–996), Chinese editor of ''[[Four Great Books of Song]]''
*[[Song Qi]] (宋祁, 998–1061), Chinese historian and co-author of ''[[New Book of Tang]]''
*[[Ouyang Xiu]] (歐陽脩, 1007–1072), Chinese historian and co-author of ''[[New Book of Tang]]''
*[[Sima Guang]] (司馬光, 1019–1086), Chinese historiographer and politician
*[[Kim Bu-sik]] (김부식, 1075–1151), Korean historian, author of [[Samguk Sagi]]
*[[Il-yeon]] (일연, 1206–1289), Korean historian, author of [[Samguk Yusa]]
*[[Lê Văn Hưu]] (黎文休, 1230–1322), Vietnamese history
*[[Toqto'a (Yuan dynasty)|Toqto'a]] (脫脫, 1314–1356) (Chinese [[Yuan dynasty]]), Mongol historian who compiled ''[[History of Song (Yuan dynasty)|History of Song]]''
*[[Song Lian]] (宋濂, 1310–1381) (Chinese [[Ming dynasty]]), wrote ''[[History of Yuan]]''
*[[Zhu Quan]] (朱權, 1378–1448), Chinese history

===India===
*[[Kalhana]] (c. 12th century), historian of Kashmir and Indian Subcontinent
*[[Hemachandra]] (12th century), [[Jain]] polymath
*[[Abdul Malik Isami]] (14th century), Indian historian and poet
*[[Jonaraja]] (15th century) [[Kashmiris|Kashmiri]] historian and [[Sanskrit]] poet
*[[Padmanābha]] (15th century), Indian poet and historian
*[[Yahya bin Ahmad Sirhindi]] (15th century), Delhi Sultanate