And that's when the Norse will say " hey, you used to be Vikings" and drag them back to the Norse world
When Harald dies who will inherit what? Olav will make a great King of England. He was supposedly a very peaceful man who was reserved and fun at parties.
Ah good good, but now we need to think what it would be like with a massive Nordic influence
I'm thinking that as we go on it'll result in a Nordic church being introduced as an early opponent to Catholicism
Also another point I'd like to make is that now maybe England/Wales, Scotland and Ireland all under the hand a Norse king is that they will all have Nordic style cross flags
Remember that England is more populous and more pro Rome than the North.
Hmm, but the Saxon Kings were viewed as the religious and secular leader of the kingdom. One of the reasons the Pope gave William all the niceties and regalia to take to England was to bring it closer to Rome. So without Norman(Papal) influence, maybe the Anglo-Norse would pursue their own form of Christianity.
And yet there was no break with the Roman Church under any of the Angle or Saxon kings...
The point is they will stay status quo unless the Pope overstays his hand, and I doubt he'll call for a anachronous crusade, merely state an underling misquoted him and he's happy with the current arrangements.
After all the French Church was effectively autonomous for centuries before Protestantism arose
Maybe thats a POD for another day.