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Boyle, James W., “Lest the lowliest be forgotten: locating the impoverished in early medieval Ireland”, International Journal of Historical Archaeology 8:2 (June, 2004): 85–99.

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“Lest the lowliest be forgotten: locating the impoverished in early medieval Ireland”
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85–99
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In early medieval Ireland (ca. a.d. 400–850), every person's rank in society was codified in documents and visibly apparent by their material possessions. Early Irish literature is overwhelmingly concerned with the negotiation of status, but it is focused primarily on the rights and responsibilities of the nobility and wealthy farmers. Those of lower status are often ignored, and it has been difficult as archaeologists to agree on what constitutes a lower class site or artifactual assemblage. This paper addresses these arguments and challenges the belief that the lowest members of medieval Irish society are invisible to archaeology due to their impoverished existence.
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Dennis Groenewegen
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