Matt Lewis

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

Matt Lewis’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The unification of England, so that heptarchy finally merging into one kingdom, is a really slow process. matched

The first person we have recorded as using the title of the King of the English who controlled the whole place is Athelstan in 927. matched

So we get the 1100th anniversary of that next year. matched

And that is the moment when England appears to be born. matched

But even then, after Athelstan's death, there are moments when it fractures. matched

Eric Bloodaxe takes control of York as King of York. matched

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It's a good Viking name. matched

So England is by no means set once it's established. matched

It can break again. matched

It is still fragile. matched

There is pushing and pulling. matched

We famously had, prior to Æthelstan, Alfred has made that deal with Guthrum where they've essentially divided England in two matched

created the Danelaw in the northeast and the east of England. matched

And that's the reason you still see an awful lot of influence of the Old Norse language in place names around cities like York. matched

It's because of that long standing connection to the Danish communities that settled matched

Yeah, gate comes from gatter, the Old Norse word for street. matched

The reason all the gates into York are called bars is because it's a Viking word for a gate. matched

So there is still so much of that influence there. matched

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