tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149823629627269023.post601241186890802627..comments2024-03-03T03:46:08.833-05:00Comments on Lissa Bryan: Two Historical Fiction Authors Review #VIKINGS Episode VLissa Bryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07397546855668410933noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149823629627269023.post-46837014218469641822014-03-29T15:14:27.919-04:002014-03-29T15:14:27.919-04:00Thank you Lissa and Sandi. That scene made me sto...Thank you Lissa and Sandi. That scene made me stop the DVR and talk to my daughter about how I didn't think the woman kissing Athelstan in the public square would have been something that would have happened. Thank you for confirming it.<br /><br />CLHahnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06778388660530720820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149823629627269023.post-44318628930696181822014-03-29T12:56:21.241-04:002014-03-29T12:56:21.241-04:00Thanks, Sandi! I know that later on, a marriage co...Thanks, Sandi! I know that later on, a marriage could be dissolved if one of the couple entered into a convent. It's what they encouraged Katharine of Aragon to do when Henry VIII wanted his annulment, but she refused. But, as I mentioned, I think both parties of the marriage had to agree to end it.Lissa Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07397546855668410933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149823629627269023.post-53897919955005042552014-03-29T07:30:13.037-04:002014-03-29T07:30:13.037-04:00Hi!
The woman whom Athelstan more or less preser...Hi! <br /><br />The woman whom Athelstan more or less preserved from a flogging - if not worse - was married and that marriage would not have been dissolved. Early in the 9th Century, a woman could not have entered a convent if she were married. <br /><br />I found it very odd indeed that a woman who proclaimed herself to be innocent publicly kissed a young single man, even in the lightest way. Sandi https://www.blogger.com/profile/01009946699607476442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149823629627269023.post-85898469810415688042014-03-28T23:32:10.190-04:002014-03-28T23:32:10.190-04:00No, she wouldn't have. That was extremely forw...No, she wouldn't have. That was extremely forward for a woman in that society. If I heard right, she said she'd taken the veil after her husband injured her ("a bride of Christ"). She wouldn't show her face to the king, but she'll kiss a strange man? Uhh... no.<br /><br />I'm not an expert on early Church customs, but I believe both the husband and the wife had to Lissa Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07397546855668410933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149823629627269023.post-55561543727057319832014-03-28T20:45:18.592-04:002014-03-28T20:45:18.592-04:00Would it really have been okay for the woman with ...Would it really have been okay for the woman with the disfigured face to kiss Athelstan? CLHahnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06778388660530720820noreply@blogger.com