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The Boy King's Last Council: How an Axe Erased Forty Years of Peace
A king raised in Henry I’s court returns to rule the Isles by charter and monastery-then dies by an axe at a council; what did it cost him?
The Boy King's Last Council: How an Axe Erased Forty Years of Peace
In this episode, we trace Óláfr Guðrøðarson’s forty-year reign from wardship in Henry I’s court to his program of chartered kingship and monastic foundations, and the council where a single axe changed everything. How did his methods of ruling and the decisions he made build to that morning?
Person: Óláfr Guðrøðarson
Period: 1094-circa 1134 (forty-year reign)
Location: Mann and the Isles…
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