The Death of Alys of Bath's 'Revelour' Husband

Author / Editor
Puhvel, Martin.

Title
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.