The Secte of the Wife of Bath.

Author / Editor
Baird, Joseph L.

Title
The Secte of the Wife of Bath.

Published
Chaucer Review 2.3 (1968): 188-90.

Description
Identifies the legal denotations of the word "secte" (suit at law) and argues that the Clerk's use of it when referring to the Wife of Bath (4.1170-71) indicates that his Tale is a reply to hers.

Chaucer Subjects
Language and Word Studies
Clerk and His Tale
Wife of Bath and Her Tale