• The Wife of Bath's Tale in the Ellesmere manuscript of The Canterbury Tales, c. 1405–1410. "The Wife of Bath's Tale" (Middle English: The Tale of the Wyf of Bathe)...
  • The Wife of Bath has to be Chaucer’s most remarkable character. She shares with Chaucer himself the distinction of being a pilgrim who represents no trade...
  • Prologue to The Wife of Baths Tale. Experience, though none authority* *authoritative texts Were in this world, is right enough for me To speak of woe that is in...
  • The Wife of Baths tale of the loathly lady who turns into a beautiful maid is a very common plot.
  • Likewise, in Chaucer's time, a second marriage was considered suspect, so the Wife of Bath carefully reviews the words of God as revealed in scripture.
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  • If I have licence of this worthy Frere." "Yes, Dame," quoth he, "tell forth, and I will hear." Notes to the Prologue to the Wife of Bath's Tale.
  • The Wife of Baths Tale. ... Metellius, the foulë churl, the swine, That with a staff bereft his wife of life For1917 she drank wine, though I had been his wife, Never...
  • The Wife of Baths Tale sets in the olden days of King Arthur whom everyone in Britain respects. The land is filled with supernatural creatures.
  • By giving the Wife of Bath a Breton lay, Chaucer adds another side to her character: she is an incurable romantic, a secret Harlequin Romance addict.
  • The Wife of Bath's Tale. In the old days of King Arthur, today Still praised by Britons in a special way, This land was filled with fairies all about.
  • The Wife of Bath's tale begins to worry one of her fellow guests who ask if all women are like her. She quickly bids him to remain silent until the tale is over.
  • Opening page of The Wife of Baths Prologue Tale, from the Ellesmere manuscript of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.