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

used for chopping all of your wood and things like that. matched

And throughout the medieval period, you quite often see battlefield weapons that bear a remarkable resemblance to farm tools. matched

an everyday item. matched

So in the Anglo-Saxon period, people fight a lot with axes. matched

The Vikings are particularly famous for fighting with axes, but the Anglo-Saxons do as well because it's an everyday item that you know the weight of in your hand. matched

You don't need special training in how to use it. matched

You're using that seven days a week to chop wood. matched

It feels comfortable. matched

therefore if you've got to do this thing that's really scary and uncomfortable you might be able to make it a little bit easier by knowing the weight of that thing in your hand and you will quite often find simple farm tools that are used for getting apples down for trees are just stuck on a longer pole matched

because you know what that feels like in your hand. matched

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doesn't begin as coexistence at all. matched

So the first encounter that the English appear to have with the Vikings comes in 789 at Portland in Devon. matched

So ship is sighted on the sea. matched

The royal officials come down to welcome them. matched

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you to the king so that you can see him and the Vikings jump off the ship and kill them all? matched

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Very much we don't come in peace. matched

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