Kristin Lavransdatter Trilogy : "Bridal Wealth", "Mistress of Husaby" and "The Cross"

Three volume Bantam Books mass market PB published between 1978-1980. The trilogy won the Nobel Prize for Literature. A strong and passionate Norwegian heroine struggles through the three stages of a medieval woman's life ( the only career for the aristocrat was an arranged marriage, babies, more babies and the convent when you were too old to please your daughter-in-law).