Kristin Lavransdatter (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Sigrid Undset
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical realism
- Time of Work: Fourteenth century
- Setting: Norway
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, Marriage, Betrayal, Religion, Spiritual life or spirituality, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Farms, farmers, or farming, Gossip, Middle Ages, Treason, Monasteries, monks, or monasticism, Convents or nunneries, Plague, Fourteenth century, Norway or Norwegians
- Locales: Oslo, Norway
Characters Discussed
Lavrans Björgulfsson, the knightly landholder of a medieval manor named Jörundgaard, in Norway. A good and gentle man who strives to live his life by strict Christian standards, he particularly loves Kristin, his oldest daughter, and allows her great freedom of speech and action.
Ragnfrid Ivarsdatter, Lavrans’ wife, who had inherited Jörundgaard from her father. She is a good woman who does her best to be a loving wife and mother, although she suffers pangs of conscience all of her life for loving another man before her marriage to Lavrans.
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