Welcome to the British History Podcast.

My name is Jamie and this is episode 191, Urban Forever.

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You might not realize it, but we're on the precipice of a major change in Britain.

Alfred the Great is about to reach adulthood and enter the scene.

The era of Dane Law is coming.

Things are about to come to a head, but if I'm being honest, we've been seeing pretty

big changes for a while now.

Urban Earth has never been easy for the Anglo-Saxons, but over the last 50 plus years, it's

been getting even harder.

This is especially true if you're living in an Anglo-Saxon town.

Urban areas have been taking it in the teeth throughout this era.

And Urban Life is a critical part of Anglo-Saxon history.

You don't see it all that often.

We rarely talk about it, but it's underpinning many of our favorite developments and moments

thus far in our journey.

Urban Life, the everyday goings-on of early medieval towns, is a bit like the rug in the

Big Lebowski.

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