Meanwhile, Kristin, with her newborn son, walks 20 miles barefoot to the shrine of St. Unable to answer his brother’s accusations, Erlend flees from the house and rides through the forest with bow and three hounds. Gunnulf has all the virtue lacking in Erlend and bluntly confronts his brother about his dishonest scheming with Kristin. Erlend’s brother Gunnulf Nikulausson is a priest. Pregnant with child, Kristin is tormented by her fall from grace and desires to go to the shrine of St. He is unable to grasp why Kristin is so guilt-ridden by these same events. Having seduced young Kristin Lavransdatter and taken her for his wife, Erlend Nikulausson seems to have gotten away with breaking the commandments.
Kirstin and Erlend are both faced with these heart-searing choices in "The Wife." Otherwise the wages of sin will overwhelm us. In this second book, Undset shows the necessity of begging for God’s forgiveness when we sin. Now married to Erlend, Kristin is beginning to learn that you must drink a freely-chosen cup of iniquity to the dregs.Īll of Kristin’s dreams of her dramatic husband begin to crash down around her head. This the second book in Sigrid Undset’s masterpiece "Kristin Lavransdatter." In Book One, "The Wreath," Kristin has disobeyed her holy parents and committed adultery with a dashing but irresponsible knight named Erlend Nikulausson.
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