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SUMMARY:Tuesday 28 April - 6:30pm - St Olave Lecture - First Kings : Forge
 d by Vikings in England and Norway
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DESCRIPTION:Adrian Waddingham CBE explores the turbulent years of 850 to 9
 54\, when the first kings of England and Norway emerged.\n\nCompline by Ca
 ndlelight at St Olave Hart Street (5.30pm-5.50pm) - free to attend - foll
 owed by St Olave Lecture (6.00pm-7.15pm) : First Kings : Forged by Vikings
  in England and Norway by Adrian Waddingham CBE. Tickets £5 which include
 s a glass of wine.\n\nPlease join us for Compline by Candlelight followed 
 by this special St Olave Lecture in conjunction with the Ward of Cheap Clu
 b\, exploring the exploring the turbulent years of 850 to 954\, when amids
 t shifting allegiances and warfare the first kings of England and Norway e
 merged.\n\nAdrian Waddingham CBE speaks about his new book 'First Kings' p
 ublished this year by The History Press:\n\n"Forget 1066 – the making of
  England began centuries earlier.\n\nAfter decades of devastating raids\, 
 Viking armies first overwintered in England in 850. In doing so\, they ope
 ned a century of conflict and reaching ambition. In Norway\, Harald Fairha
 ir rose from a regional chieftain to become its first king\, while in Engl
 and Alfred the Great preserved Wessex from conquest and laid the foundatio
 ns for unity. His successors extended that vision\, leading to the creatio
 n of a single English kingdom after the meeting of kings at Eamont Bridge 
 in 927. Meanwhile\, the struggle for Norway’s throne erupted among Haral
 d’s heirs\, with Eric Bloodaxe briefly claiming the Crown before being o
 verthrown by his younger brother\, Håkon. Upon fleeing to Britain\, Eric 
 was allowed the York throne by King Edred. After his violent death in 954\
 , there would be no more kings in York.\n\nThis turbulent century saw king
 s rise and fall\; it saw rivalry\, betrayal and open conflict. Out of the 
 chaos of shifting allegiances and warfare\, England and Norway began to ta
 ke shape as the forebears of the countries we know today.\n\nIn First King
 s\, join R.A.J. Waddingham on an action-packed\, page-turning adventure th
 rough the age of the Vikings."
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