At Toddington Village Hall or Chalgrave Memorial Hall, Tebworth

Please make you sure you check out the venue.

Cost £12.00 pr head including light refreshments

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The World of Woden and Odin

Saturday 15th January 2011  Chalgrave Memorial Hall, Tebworth, 11 am – 2.00 pm

Part 1. Woden’s World

• Anglo-Saxon Rites of Passage
• Anglo-Saxons gods, elves and myths
• Anglo-Saxon Calendar
• Magical Law and Healing Spells: Lacnunga & the 9 Herb Charm

Part 2: Odin’s Warriors

• Viking Rites of Passage
• World View & gods of the Vikings
• Myths, sagas and magical months

 There will a break for tea and biscuits in between

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The Last Norman Kings

Saturday 29^th January 2011- Toddington Village Hall 10 am – 2 pm.

 Part 1:

• The Last Years of Henry I and his troublesome daughter Matilda
•  Was Stephen entitled to the English throne?
• Henry I’s death and final wishes

Part 2: Stephen: King of England, 1135 - 1140

• What was Stephen like as King? Who supported him
• Why did Stephen lose support?
• Why did Matilda invade with her half-brother?
• What happened at Lincoln?

Part 3: 1140 – 1150:-

• Why was Matilda defeated?
• What happened at Winchester?
• Count Henry & His Father

Part 4: 1150 – 54:-

• Why were Stephen’s sons overlooked in favour of Henry?
• How was the transition made from Norman to Angevin kings?

DS1103

King Arthur: tales, myths and legends

12^th Feb: Chalgrave Memorial Hall, Tebworth: . 10 am – 2 pm

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Ancient Worlds of  Mesopotamia: Sumer and Akkad and early Babylon

9^th April: Chalgrave Memorial Hall,  Tebworth:  11am – 2pm

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The Rise of Egypt: the Dynastic Period.

14^th May: Toddington Village Hall:    11am – 2pm

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Egypt: the Old Kingdom and its neighbours, 2686 – 2181 BC (Nomarchs, Punt and the Rise of Minoa)

4^th June: Chalgrave Memorial Hall, Tebworth: . 11 am – 2 pm

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The Middle Kingdom: 2100 – 1650 BC: The Assyrians; Babylonians and Minoans.

18^th June: Chalgrave Memorial, Tebworth:  11 am – 2 pm

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The Period of Change: 1650 – 1000: Egypt; Hittites, Minoans, the Sea Peoples and Phoenicia. The Rise of Mycenae.

9^th July: Toddington:  10 am – 2 pm.

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The fall of Minoa and Mycenae: The Greek Dark Ages & early Greece, Etruria and Rome

3^rd September: Chalgrave Memorial Hall, Tebworth: : 11 am to 2 pm

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Greece & Persia 500 – 404

17^th September: Chalgrave Memorial Hall, Tebworth: : 11 am – 2 pm

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Greece,Thebes and Macedon: Philip and Alexander: the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt.

1^st Oct: : Chalgrave Memorial Hall, Tebworth: 

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Rome: Republic, Carthage and the European Celts

15^th Oct: Chalgrave Memorial Hall, Tebworth:

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Rome: The Rise of Christianity and Empire

12^th Nov: Chalgrave Memorial Hall, Tebworth:

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The end of the Celtic World

26^th November: Chalgrave Memorial Hall, Tebworth: