"historic criticism" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1850, Thomas Noon Talfourd, Edward Pococke, “The Greek Historians”, in History of Greek Literature, 2nd edition, page 293",
          "text": "By such means Thucydides was the inventor of an art, which before him had been almost unknown, the art of historic criticism, without being conscious of the infinite value of his invention.",
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          "ref": "1870, Bickerstaffe, “Renan’s St. Paul”, in The Christian Ambassador, volume 8, page 135",
          "text": "[…] while M. Renan will claim to approach the Scriptures as critic, it will chiefly be for the purpose of discharging the functions of historic criticism by explaining and illustrating an ancient document.",
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