Matt Lewis

speaker

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

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

Trend

recordings per month · last 12 months

Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 30 in all, peaking in Aug 2026 with 11.

newest first · ▶ plays the moment

So his mom is Emma of Normandy. matched

That's the link to Normandy that will ultimately give us the matched

It's like Louise of matched

Emma of Normandy is an absolutely fascinating figure. matched

She's the only woman ever to have been married to two kings of England. matched

She was married to Æthelred the Unready and Canute. matched

She also commissioned a biography of herself. matched

First English woman to do matched

She had her own story written, which doesn't talk very much about Ethelred and talks lots about Canute. matched

But it's very much an effort to justify her own position in the world. matched

She's fascinating. matched

really great. matched

What matched

So they land on the coast of Sussex with a Norman bodyguard they've been escorted over. matched

And they're met by Godwin, who is the Earl of Wessex, the father of Harold Godwinson, who will later go on. matched

So Earl Godwin, hugely powerful nobleman in Wessex. matched

Captures Alfred. matched

He doesn't manage to get hold of Edward, reportedly, but Alfred is picked up on his way to go and see his mom. matched

And Earl Goldwyn's men kill all of those followers that have come with Alfred. matched

They slaughter all of the Norman bodyguard. matched

Showing 401–420 of 1,437 · page 21 of 72