{"id":22250,"date":"2023-02-16T15:13:37","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T14:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=224408"},"modified":"2023-02-16T15:35:11","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T14:35:11","slug":"from-the-middle-ages-to-metoo-chaucers-wife-of-bath","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/from-the-middle-ages-to-metoo-chaucers-wife-of-bath\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Middle Ages to #MeToo: Chaucer\u2019s Wife of Bath"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marion Turner introduces one of the most memorable and colourful figures of Chaucer\u2019s Canterbury Tales, the Wife of Bath <\/p>

By Emily Briffett\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 16 February 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The Wife of Bath is a stand-out figure in Geoffrey Chaucer\u2019s Canterbury Tales<\/em>. The only ordinary woman in the procession of pilgrims heading to Thomas Becket\u2019s shrine, Alison is a sexually active, outspoken and funny working woman whose voice leaps from the page. Speaking with Emily Briffett, Marion Turner explores the Wife of Bath\u2019s tale, revealing what it can tell us about the reality of women\u2019s lives in the fourteenth century, and how its themes still resonate today.<\/p>\n\n

Marion Turner is the author of The Wife of Bath: A Biography<\/em> (Princeton University Press, 2023)<\/strong><\/p>\n