Matt Lewis

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1,437 appearances 30 recordings 3 series first heard Mar 2026 last heard 2d ago

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After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal · The Bloodiest Anglo Saxon Royal Murders · 24 Sep 2026 podcast

Yeah, so the most famous interaction that quite often is viewed as kick-starting the Viking Age matched

Britain is 8th of June, 793 on Lindisfarne, which is a monastic island. matched

And the Vikings land there. matched

There's been lots of portents before in the weather. matched

People are seeing lightning in the sky and the shapes of dragons in the clouds and things like that. matched

which then turns out to maybe be the prows of the Viking ships, these dragons emerging from the fog and matched

them. matched

And the Vikings are very clearly identifying places like Lindisfarne because the English as Christians now have a sense that monasteries are sacred. matched

who would attack a monastery? matched

You'd have to be an absolute lunatic or a pagan. matched

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Christian. matched

monastery. matched

So all along the coast, you've got these incredibly wealthy places full of gold and silver. matched

And I mean, Vikings aren't interested in books, but books are covered in gold and silver as well. matched

And nobody's guarding it. matched

There's a bunch of guys with weird haircuts matched

more volatile. matched

We do see chopping and changing. matched

I mean, literally sometimes. matched

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