The Death of Alys of Bath's 'Revelour' Husband
- Author / Editor
- Puhvel, Martin.
The Death of Alys of Bath's 'Revelour' Husband
- Published
- NM 103: 328-40, 2002.
- Description
- Surveys critics who argue that the Wife of Bath murdered her fourth (and perhaps her fifth) husband, compares details of WBP with those of the trial of Alice Kytelar in 1324, and suggests that the Kytelar trial may have influenced Chaucer's creation of the Wife of Bath.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Wife of Bath and Her Tale.