Translated by Archer and Nunally, this work ends with a palinode in which the main character debates giving up a crucifix or her wedding ring.
Translated by Archer and Nunally, this work ends with a palinode in which the main character debates giving up a crucifix or her wedding ring. During the protagonist's childhood, her little sister is crippled by a falling beam and she herself is nearly raped by Bentein, who later kills her childhood friend. She is betrothed to Simon, but is sent to a convent and falls in love with an excommunicated man. Eventually that man, Erlend, loses his estate of Husaby and the protagonist dies in Rein Convent after contracting the Black Death. FTP, name this work encompassing The Wreath, The Wife, and The Cross, a trilogy by Sigrid Undset that Jeopardy informs us is about the daughter of Lavrans.
Translated by Archer and Nunally, this work ends with a palinode in which the main character debates giving up a crucifix or her wedding ring.
{Kristin Lavransdatter} (accept The {Cross} or {Korset} until after childhood)