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  2. The Wife of Bath's Tale - Wikipedia

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    The Wife of Bath speaks against many of the typical customs of the time, and provides her assessment of the roles of women in society. [1] The Wife of Bath particularly speaks out in defence of those who, like her, have married multiple times. As a counterargument, she mentions many holy men who have had multiple wives:

  3. The Wives of Bath - Wikipedia

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    The Wives of Bath is a novel by Susan Swan, inspired by her own childhood experiences at Havergal College in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Plot introduction [ edit ]

  4. Ceawlin Thynn, 8th Marquess of Bath - Wikipedia

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    Born in Hammersmith, [3] the first son and second child of Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath, and his wife Anna Gyarmathy, [4] Ceawlin Thynn was educated at Horningsham Primary School, a village school near the family estate of Longleat, in Wiltshire, then at Kingdown School in Warminster and Bedales School in Hampshire; he finally read economics and philosophy at University College London.

  5. Wife of Bath (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    The Wife of Bath is a character in "The Wife of Bath's Tale". Wife of Bath may also refer to: The Wife of Bath, a 1713 play by John Gay; The Wife of Bath: A Biography, a 2023 book by Marion Turner; Rosa 'Wife of Bath', a rose cultivar

  6. Loathly lady - Wikipedia

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    The loathly lady (Welsh: dynes gas, Motif D732 in Stith Thompson's motif index), is a tale type commonly used in medieval literature, most famously in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Wife of Bath's Tale. [1] The motif is that of a woman who appears unattractive (ugly, loathly ) but undergoes a transformation upon being approached by a man in spite of ...

  7. Marchioness of Bath - Wikipedia

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    Marchioness of Bath is the principal courtesy title of the wife of the Marquess of Bath. Countesses of Bath (England, 1536-1654) Countess Image ...

  8. Xanthippe - Wikipedia

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    In the Wife of Bath's Tale, for example, Geoffrey Chaucer retells Diogenes' story of Xanthippe pouring a water-jug over Socrates' head, though in his version the jug is filled with urine. The first positive portrayal of Xanthippe comes from the 1405 Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de Pizan : her version of Xanthippe attempts to save ...

  9. Anna Thynn, Marchioness of Bath - Wikipedia

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    In 2013 her son married Emma McQuiston, the daughter of Nigerian businessman Oladipo Jadesimi. She reportedly disapproved of her son's marriage due to her daughter-in-law's African ancestry and thus did not attend the wedding. [10] Lady Bath died in Paris on 17 September 2022, at the age of 78, ten days before her 79th birthday. [11]