​​​​​How do we assess historical writing in Tunisia when it spans more than four centuries? What framework should we adopt to categorize this experience, and using which analytical tools? One way of addressing these questions is to trace moments of epistemic and methodological efflorescence in Tunisian historical writing by identifying the “styles” adopted by the pioneers of this tradition in the modern and contemporary periods. It is, however, difficult within the scope of this study to capture all the moments of epistemic renewal witnessed by this historiography. This paper reads the methodological and epistemic turns that marked this tradition as the product of the elaboration of new and innovative “styles”, each shaped by its own context and concerns. Every manifestation of renewal is thus expressed through a new “style” of historical writing. In this way, the present study opens a new avenue for reflecting on the trajectory of Tunisian historical writing in the modern and contemporary periods, in order to understand its development through comparison with other experiences in the Arab world.