The Medieval Podcast Behind the Mic

In all of the poetry I’ve read of Chaucer’s, The Wife of Bath is definitely a standout. In my literature classes in university, she was always described as “earthy”, a sort of polite way of saying bawdy, natural, common, and she is all of these things. And yet, as Dr. Marion Turner says in her episode on this (in)famous character, The Wife of Bath draws attention and admiration far more than those characters of higher status and class.