The phrase "an historic context" is correct and usable in written English, though it may be considered less common than "a historic context." You can use it when referring to a historical background or setting that is significant to a particular event or situation.
Example: "To fully understand the implications of the treaty, one must consider the historic context in which it was signed."
Alternatives: "a historical context" or "an important historical backdrop."
The article also contained, in an historic context, references to al-Qaida.
Of course, the moment is now seen within an historic context.
Our intention is not to scare the player, but to explore the protagonist experience contextualized in an historic context.
Towards the end of my trip, it occurred to me that this explosion in cycling, ought to be put into an historic context, in order to enable the politicians and the public to recognize the scale of the opportunity, the change it might bring to our cities and our lives.
Finally, in order to understand the prospects of the 63 countries in an historic context, we analysed estimates data between 1970 and 2010 from all available 194 countries in the database, as described below.
Participants will take the stage for 7-10 minutes with songs, readings, dramatic performances, original spoken word and more reflecting the participants' sentiments as well as a desire to put events into a historic context by revising and re-visioning earlier works, according to Warner.
The National Park Service has produced a very nice book, Fruitful Legacy: A historic Context of Orchards in the United States with Technical Information for Registering Orchards in the National Register of Historic Places.
"It's a very sound study showing what genetics can do in a historic context and in aspects of species conservation," says Alexander Kopatz, a bear researcher at Bioforsk, the Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research in Svanhovd, who was not involved in the research.
The Russian Language, Culture, and History track guides students through a comprehensive interdisciplinary study of Russian literature and culture in a historic context.
I watched him build relationships with them that I believe were among the more meaningful in the last decade of his life, put their experiences into a historic context, and wrap it all up in unforgettable, quotable language -- "an exodus of biblical proportions", "the Lord of the Flies in reverse," "chased at gunpoint to the Gilo River where the waters did not part".
The timing lent extra resonance to the president's speech and gave commentators a historic context.
