When you  connect a work of friction to its historical context, you _____.

Answer
When you connect a work of friction to its historical context, you have to take the customs and events into consideration of a time period during which context was written.
The historical events, historical moments which consists of cultural, social, political and economic conditions during certain time period is called Historical context.  
In literature, historical context helps us to understand the writers thought of reaching to a particular point. Different people depend on historical context where it conveys a message with different context which as follows:
For Educators and scholars: It gives information about art, literature,  music, dance and poetry.For Architects and builders: It gives information on design when constructing new structures or buildings and when renovating the existing buildings.  For Judges: It explains the laws, acts and rules.