Matt Lewis

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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.

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

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medieval, it's not so bad during the early medieval period. matched

The medieval Catholic Church will later on develop very strong ideas about what women are and what women should and shouldn't do. matched

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are the daughters of Eve. matched

They're responsible for sin existing in the world. matched

That will definitely solidify through the period and that affects the view of medieval women. matched

it's good to have a dream. matched

Part of the reason that she writes her biography or has her biography written is that she is concerned about perceptions of her. matched

She is concerned that people are viewing her as kind of pulling strings behind the scenes here. matched

And she's keen to kind of say, I'm literally just looking after my sons. matched

I'm just trying to do my best here. matched

So she seems to be conscious that people will have a low opinion of her and be accusing her of things. matched

And so she has... matched

made her effort to set the record straight, which again, we have to take a slight pinch of salt because it's her matched

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But it's definitely later in the medieval period, so from the mid 12th century onwards, that the church is really solidifying its idea that women shouldn't have positions of power and that they so often position women as responsible for the things that men do wrong. matched

And we see it time and time again. matched

Louis VII of France messed everything up on the crusade, but that's definitely Eleanor of Aquitaine's fault. matched

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