An excerpt from Undset's 1941 article "Kristen Kultur". We know that states built on democratic foundations are far from perfect – they...

"Positioning Undset has been a difficult task for researchers, because her Catholicism and realism fall outside the liberal-national,...

From the earliest times of Christianity, the Catholic Church has raised women to the highest honours by their veneration as saints....

Undset compares this biblical episode with paganism contemporary with and after Abraham. She derides the already fashionable idea of...