The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale Contents
- The Prologue: introductory comments
- Part one: l.1 'Experience' - l.76 'Cacche whoso may'
- Part two: l.77 'But this word' - l.134 'To purge uryne'
- Part three: l.135 'But if I seye noght' - l.162 ' Al this sentence'
- Part four: l.163 'Up sterte' - l.192 'For myn entente'
- Part five: l.193 'Now sires' - l.234 'Of hir assent'
- Part six: l.235 'Sire old kanyard' - l.307 'I wol hym noght'
- Part seven: l.308 'But tel me this' - l.378 'This know they'
- Part eight: l.379 'Lordinges, right thus' - l.452 'Now wol I speken'
- Part nine: l.453 'My forthe housebonde' - l.502 'He is now in the grave'
- Part ten: l.503 'Now of my fifthe housebond' - l.542 'Had told to me'
- Part eleven: l.543 'And so bifel' - l.584 'As wel of this'
- Part twelve: l.585 'But now, sire' - l.626 'How poore'
- Part thirteen: l.627 'What sholde I seye' - l.665 'I nolde noght'
- Part fourteen: l.666 'Now wol I seye' - l.710 'That women kan'
- Part fifteen: l.711 'But now to purpos' - l.771 'Somme han kem'
- Part sixteen: l.772 'He spak moore' - l.828 'Now wol I seye'
- Part seventeen: The after words l.829 'The frere lough' - l.856 'Yis dame, quod'
- The Wife of Bath's Tale: Introductory comments
- Part eighteen: l.857 'In the' olde days' - l.898 'To chese weither'
- Part nineteen: l.899 'The queen thanketh' - l.949 'But that tale is nat'
- Part twenty: l.952 'Pardee, we wommen' - l.1004 'These olde folk'
- Part twenty-one: l.1005 'My leve mooder' - l.1072 'And taketh his olde wyf'
- Part twenty-two: l.1073 'Now wolden som men' - l.1105 'Ye, certeinly'
- Part twenty-three: l.1106 'Now sire, quod she' - l.1176 'To lyven vertuously'
- Part twenty-four: l.1177 'And ther as ye' - l.1218 'I shal fulfille'he Holocaust and the creation of
- Part twenty-five: l.1219 'Chese now' - l.1264 'God sende hem'
- Reaction to the Wife's Tale
- Themes in The Wife of Bath's Tale
- The struggle for power in The Wife of Bath's Prologue
- The 'wo' that is in marriage
- The portrayal of gender in The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale
- Desire and The Wife of Bath's Tale
- Is there justice in The Wife of Bath's Tale
- Social criticism in The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale
- Marriage and sexuality in The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale
- Mastery in The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale
- Debate, dispute and resolution in The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale
- Tale and teller in The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale
The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale Timeline
| Year | Historical | Literary | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1330 | John Gower born | ||
| 1331 | William Langland born | ||
| 1337 | Hundred years war begins | ||
| 1340 | Geoffrey Chaucer born | ||
| 1341 | Petrarch crowned Poet Laureate in Rome | ||
| 1346 | Battle of Crecy | ||
| 1347 | England captures Calais | ||
| 1348 |
Black Death breaks out in England Order of the Garter established |
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| 1350 | First paper-mill built in England | Pride of Life Morality play | |
| 1352 | Winner and Waster alliterative poem | ||
| 1357 | Chaucer enters the household of the Countess of Ulster | ||
| 1359 | Chaucer captured by French soldiers - Edward III contributes to ransom costs | ||
| 1360 | First version of Langland's Piers Plowman appears |
Chaucer works as a diplomat in negotiations with the French king 1360s: Chaucer marries Philippa de Roet, has children |
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| 1361 | Black Death | ||
| 1362 |
For the first time, the King addresses parliament in English, not French English declared official language of law courts |
Approximate date, Piers Plowman A-text | |
| 1365 | ? late 1360s: Chaucer writes The Book of the Duchess | ||
| 1367 | Chaucer given a life pension by Edward III | ||
| 1370 |
1360s - 1370s: Chaucer travels to Italy, ?Spain, Flanders, Paris (-1387) Chaucer's early writings: dream visions, translations Troilus and Criseyde |
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| 1373 | (-1388) Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love (short and long versions) | ||
| 1374 | Government controlled by John of Gaunt |
Chaucer given the post of Controllership of Customs and Subsidy of Wools, Skins and Hides in the Port of London Mid 1370s: Chaucer begins work on The House of Fame |
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| 1375 | Boccaccio dies | ||
| 1376 |
John Wycliffe preaches disendowment of clergy The heir-apparent, the Edward, Prince of Wales, dies |
Earliest record of York mystery plays | |
| 1377 |
Richard II becomes king, grandson of Edward III Edward III dies |
Approximate date of Piers Plowman B-text | Chaucer appoints a deputy in the customs |
| 1378 | Great Schism (-1417), rival popes in Rome and Avignon | ||
| 1380 | Cloud of Unknowing | Early 1380s: Chaucer writes The Parlement of Fowles | |
| 1381 |
Wat Tyler leads the Peasants' Revolt University of Oxford condemns Wycliffe's teachings |
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| 1382 | Wycliffite complete translation of Bible | ||
| 1384 | Mid 1380s: Chaucer writes Troilus and Criseyde | ||
| 1385 | Gower's Vox Clamantis (L.) | ||
| 1386 | Gower's Confessio Amantis (ME) | Chaucer gives up Controllership of Customs but appointed Knight of the Shire of Kent | |
| 1387 | Chaucer's (-1400) Canterbury Tales | ||
| 1388 | Wycliffe produces first English translation of the Bible | ||
| 1389 | Richard II appoints Chaucer as Clerk of the Works | ||
| 1390 |
1390-93: John Gower writes Confessio Amantis Piers Plowman C-text Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Patience, Cleanness |
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| 1391 | Chaucer appointed Deputy Forester at Petherton, Somerset | ||
| 1392 | Earliest mention of Coventry plays | ||
| 1394 | Mid 1390s: A large proportion of the Canterbury Tales completed | ||
| 1399 | Richard II overthrown by Henry IV, cousin of Richard II | Henry IV awards Chaucer a new pension. Chaucer moves to a house in the grounds of Westminster Abbey | |
| 1400 | Welsh rebellion led by Owain Glyndwr | William Langland dies | Chaucer dies in October |
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