tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post3515974749440571231..comments2024-03-28T18:32:05.933-04:00Comments on bensozia: The Death Song of Ragnar LodbrokJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-72089948209231105472017-05-30T07:46:32.688-04:002017-05-30T07:46:32.688-04:00The sagas were of course written down by Christian...The sagas were of course written down by Christians, so it is possible that they wished away stories of men with multiple wives. But it was absolutely not the northern tradition for even kings to have more than one wife at the same time. Monogamous marriage between people of equal age and status was the northern model. In the north, queens were important political figures, and there could only be one. So great men who would not be satisfied with a single woman took concubines or bought slaves. Ragnar's wives are all described as noble women of significant wealth and power, and if he really married all three it was almost certainly not at the same time.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-22251962122663268112017-05-30T00:58:54.490-04:002017-05-30T00:58:54.490-04:00"Norse sources tell us that he led some of th...<i>"Norse sources tell us that he led some of the first Viking raids on Britain, around the year 800, that he also fought in France and in the east, the he married three beautiful noble women in succession, and that he fathered several famous sons"</i><br /><br />I was under the impression that the Norse often would take multiple wives? If that is the case, would it be entirely accurate to say he married three noble women "in succession"? Probably technically true, in that he likely held separate marriages, but still...G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.com