The Wife of Bath's Tale

Summary

The Wife of Bath's Tale is a chapter^[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of chapter entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (387 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• The Wife of Bath's Tale authored Geoffrey Chaucer^[3].
• The Wife of Bath's Tale's image is recorded as Wife-of-Bath-ms.jpg^[4].
• The Wife of Bath's Tale's instance of is recorded as chapter^[5].
• The Wife of Bath's Tale's follows is recorded as The Man of Law's Tale^[6].
• The Wife of Bath's Tale's followed by is recorded as The Friar's Tale^[7].
• The Wife of Bath's Tale's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 174989187^[8].
• The Wife of Bath's Tale's GND ID is recorded as 4419098-0^[9].
• The Wife of Bath's Tale's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81086507^[10].
• The Wife of Bath's Tale's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 125616500^[11].
• The Wife of Bath's Tale's IdRef ID is recorded as 034915001^[12].
• The Wife of Bath's Tale's part of is recorded as The Canterbury Tales^[13].
• The Wife of Bath's Tale's Commons category is recorded as The Wife of Bath's Tale^[14].
• The Wife of Bath's Tale's language of work or name is recorded as Middle English^[15].
• The Wife of Bath's Tale's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 35712099^[16].
• The Wife of Bath's Tale's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0246pl^[17].
• The Wife of Bath's Tale's has edition or translation is recorded as The Wyves Tale of Bathe^[18].
• The Wife of Bath's Tale's main subject is recorded as Blaesilla^[19].
• The Wife of Bath's Tale's Vatican Library ID is recorded as 10495_27180^[20].
• The Wife of Bath's Tale's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[21].
• The Wife of Bath's Tale's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/The-Wife-of-Baths-Tale^[22].
• The Wife of Bath's Tale's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'In the old days of King Arthur'}^[23].
• The Wife of Bath's Tale's narrative motif is recorded as question: What is it women most desire^[24].
• The Wife of Bath's Tale's form of creative work is recorded as poem^[25].
• The Wife of Bath's Tale's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007596897305171^[26].
• The Wife of Bath's Tale's Digital Index of Middle English Verse ID is recorded as 2618^[27].

Body

Geography

The Wife of Bath's Tale's part of is recorded as The Canterbury Tales^[13].

Designation and Status

The Wife of Bath's Tale's instance of is recorded as chapter^[5].

Cultural Significance

Things named for The Wife of Bath's Tale include Rosa 'Wife of Bath'^[28], a rose cultivar^[29], founded in 1969^[30].

Why It Matters

The Wife of Bath's Tale ranks in the top 7% of chapter entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (387 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for it include Rosa 'Wife of Bath'^[28], a rose cultivar^[29], founded in 1969^[30].