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1. To what extent does Gildas’s work support the “collapse of the Roman
Empire” int
To what extent does Gildas’s work support the “collapse of the Roman Empire”
interpretation, and to what extent does his work support the more gradual “transformation
of the Roman Empire” interpretation/model?As a reminder, the basic questions
include:Who made this text? What else do we know about them? For whom did they make
it, and with what plausible intentions?What is this source? Which genre is it? What
information is it trying to convey?When was this source made? What else was going on at
that time?Where was this source made? What else was going on in that place?Why is this
source useful for historians? How is it relevant to scholarly debates surrounding this topic
and time period?To receive maximum points, be sure to substantiate your claims with
reference to specific portions of the text. Please feel free to use (and cite) secondary sources
as well, in footnotes. Chicago Style is preferred, but any comprehensible citation system will
be accepted.