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The wife of Bath's prologue and tale ; from the Canterbury Tales

There is a long prologue in which the Wife of Bath argues against celibacy and brags of her 5 husbands. In the tale, a knight has to answer what women love most or be executed. An old witch tells him the answer on the condition that he marry her. He does and she's restored to her youth and beauty.

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  • "There is a long prologue in which the Wife of Bath argues against celibacy and brags of her 5 husbands. In the tale, a knight has to answer what women love most or be executed. An old witch tells him the answer on the condition that he marry her. He does and she's restored to her youth and beauty."@en
  • ""The story embodies spirited discourses on surprisingly democratic ideals for the fourteenth century"--Container."@en

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  • "The wife of Bath's prologue the wife of Bath's pale [i.e. tale]"
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