Chaucer's Wife of Bath and Marriage in Fourteenth-Century England

Author / Editor
Adams, Roberta E.

Title
Chaucer's Wife of Bath and Marriage in Fourteenth-Century England

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 44 (1984): 3069A.

Description
Common law, canon law, and contemporary conduct books indicate certain concepts of marriage and the role of the good wife. The Wife of Bath's "good" (arranged) and "bad" (chosen) marriages contrast the ideal with socioeconomic reality. WBT is a conduct book for good husbands.

Chaucer Subjects
Wife of Bath and Her Tale.