Free Canterbury Tales Essays: Rape and Power in The Wife of Bath Wife of Bath Essays
Geoffrey Chaucer was born in London in 1340 (Fuller 12). Geoffrey Chaucer’s fortunes were closely bound with these of John Of Gaunt, the son-in-law to the Earl of Derby (Fuller 12). Around the year 1380, Geoffrey Chaucer was charged with rape by a woman named Cecily Chaumpaigne (Williams 28). It is most likely that a … Read more