This episode was originally recorded in August 2025: apologies for the delay on getting it out!
Tyler and Saoirse discuss independent freemen, dependent workers, and slaves in medieval Ireland, and things get a wee bit political.
Main topics addressed: status and professions for the non-nemed ('noble'/privileged) classes in early medieval Ireland.
This episode includes swearing and we discuss connections we perceive between the medieval situation and potentially contentious current world issues including racism, immigration, and fascism.
References and Suggested Media:
Boyle, Elizabeth. Fierce Appetites (London: Penguin, 2023)
CARANTES: https://carantes.org/
Derrick, J. The Image of Irelande (1581)
Gerriets, Marilyn. 'Money in Early Christian Ireland according to the Irish Laws', Comparative Studies in Society and History 27.2 (1985), 323-39 at 327
Gray, Elizabeth. Cath Maige Tuired: The Second Battle of Mag Tuired electronic ed (Cork: CELT, 2023) <https://celt.ucc.ie//published/T300010/index.html>
Kelly, F. A Guide to Early Irish Law (Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 2020), pp. 51-67, 91-98
Watson, J. Carmichael (ed.), William M. Hennessy (English trans.), and Tadhg Ó Síocháin (Modern Irish trans.), Mesca Ulad: The Intoxication of the Ultonians, electronic edn (Cork: Irish Sagas Online), §37 <https://iso.ucc.ie/Mesca-ulad/Mesca-ulad-text.html#Section_37>
