![]() Winsnes-“remarkable for her sure critical sense in the treatment of sources and, above all, for her ability to judge men and their conduct in relation to the age and society in which they lived.” During the ruinous years of World War II, Undset once “It takes more than a little while to part a nation from its history, and silence all the voices from a people’s past.” From its first appearance in 1934 to now, Saga of Saints has borne out this truth, evidencing the permanence of the past and the power of saintly witness as a fulcrum of civilization. ![]() ![]() As the product of Undset’s patriotic piety and native talent for storytelling, Saga of Saints is-in the words of her biographer A. Sigrid Undset (UHN-seht) was the daughter of Ingvald Martin Undset, a distinguished Norwegian archaeologist, and Anna Charlotte Gyth from the Danish town of Kalundborg. From her magnificent opening essay, “The Coming of Christianity to Norway,” on through the stories of Sunniva, King Olav, and Eystein (and others), Undset proves herself a resourceful historian of both events and ideas. Saga of Saints, the account of Christianity’s introduction into Norway and those responsible for defending its development, shows the inspiration for that authenticity. And justly so-for they achieve that hallmark of their authenticity. ![]() Sigrid Undset’s renown is almost exclusively the fruit of her masterworks of historical fiction, Kristin Lavransdatter and The Master of Hestviken. ![]()
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