The wife of Bath tale from the middle ages

KNIGHT
The knight was considered as a loyal and honorable man. His duty was to protect his king.
To ride about the world, loved chivalry, truth, honor, freedom and all courtesy.

THE SQUIRE
The squire was a very handsome, feminine, and a ladies man. He was active, agile, and great on strength. He writes songs, dance, and bring flowers to win his lady’s grace.
Courteous was he, and humble, willing and able.

YEOMAN
The yeoman was a servant. No other servants had to go with him to help him with any task. He carried a sword, arrows, and a buckler. With his Christopher medal on his breast of silver sheen.
He bore a horn, the baldric all of green;
A forester he truly was, I guess.

PRIORESS
The prioress was a very well mannered and clean woman with a big heart. She was very sensitive and wasn’t afraid to cry.
Of courtliness, and stately manners here, and would be held worthy of reverence

MONK
The monk was very manly. He rode on horses and was a very good hunter.
And when he rode men might his bridle hear.

THE FRIAR
The friar was also a ladies man just like the squire.
Equal his gossip and well spoken speech he had arranged many a marriage, giving each of young women, and this at his own cost.

FRANKLIN
Franklin was a very well off man. He was always full of joy.
A pleasing live was the custom held won, for he was Epicurus’ very son, that held opinion that plain and pure delight.

THE COOK
The cook had very bad hygiene problems.
That on his shin an open sore had he.

THE WIFE OF BATH
The wife of bath was a well-dressed nice woman who loved men. She had five husbands but she was still very respectable.
She’s been respectable throughout her life, married in church, husband she had five.

MILLER
Miller was a very strong and big man.
He lifted each door from it’s hinges, that easy.

THE SUMMONER
The summoner was a very ugly man he had bad acne all over his face.
He had a face that little children feared.

THE PARDONER
The pardoner was a church going man. He was well dressed and clean.
He was in church, a fine ecclesiast.

THE PLOWMAN
The plowman was a very hard worker who loves God.
Had transported; a true worker was he.

IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE MIDDLE AGES:
THE CRUSADES
The crusades were a series of what they called holy wars in 1095. The crusades was a war between mainly Christians and Moslems fighting over holy ground. All together there were a total of eight crusades in which the first four they called principle crusades and the others minor crusades. They also had children’s crusade as well. These crusades began because of a sermon preached by a pope by the name of Claremont.

THE MURDER OF THOMAS BECKET
Thomas A. Becket was an English man who held a position in the middle ages as a Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170. He was murdered on December 29,1170. He was murdered due to his constant confrontations with King Henry II. He would not follow orders from the king instead he followed the pope so he was murdered by knights because they had labeled him as a "traitor".

THE MAGNA CARTA
The Magna Carta was a letter that King John was forced to sign in 1215. The letter contained to ideas. These ideas were that the king had to obey the laws and second if he broke them the lords would remove him from the throne. All this came about because when King John became king everyone hated him because he was a rude unjust man and he had also taxed the people so much to pay for the third crusade. So in other words King John abused his power to rule.

THE BLACK DEATH
The Black Death was a disease carried by fleas, rats, and other small rodents in Europe in 1328 to 1351. This disease was called Black Death because one of its main symptoms was the blackening of the skin and blood. You would usually die from this disease in about two to four days. Black Death was known to have originated from the Gobi Dessert. It caused almost one third of the populations death.

THE WIFE OF BATH’S TALE
This tale tells of how a knight took a young woman’s virginity by force. The queen punished him by sending him from the city on a journey for a year and a day. The reason why she sent him is that she wanted him to find out and learn of what a women’s desire is. It took the knight a whole year to find his answer. On the last day of his journey he spotted a group of women dancing so he went to them for an answer as he approached them they just disappeared into thin air. So he searched on. He ran into an old women crouched on the ground. He eventually started to tell the woman his story and in response to him the woman made him agree to take her hand and do what she said. She asked him to marry her. So he did and the old woman gave him the answer.
The knight went back to the queen with his answer and told her of the old woman and what she had asked him to do. The old woman and the knight became married although the knight was upset with the idea of marrying an old woman. Since the knight did as she said after they became married the old woman turned into a beautiful young lady.

3 EXAMPLES OF HOW THE TALE READ REFLECTS THE MIDDLE AGES:
The literature that I’ve read reflected the middle ages because the knights had a code of chivalry they had to follow such as the adoration of a particular lady which may not have been there wife. It was meant for self-improvement.
In this tale though it tells of the knight breaking the code (For which violation was there such clamour, And such appealing unto King Arthur, That soon condemned was this knight to be dead By course of law, and should have lost his head,)
and his punishment because of it. The knight in this tale took advantage of a young lady (He saw a maiden walking through the corn, From whom, in spite of all her screams of pity, Straightway by force he took her virginity;) instead of praising her so therefore he was sent from the city. Then will I give you license to be gone. A twelvemonth and a day, to search and learn.