Rash promise
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The rash promise, also blind promise or rash boon is a promise given without considering its consequences. It is a common motif in medieval and folk literature, especially fairy tales. It is classifie
Salome with the Head of the Baptist (1761)
The Wife of Bath's Tale
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"The Wife of Bath's Tale" is among the best-known of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. It provides insight into the role of women in the Late Middle Ages. The wife of Bath is one of Chaucer's most
Rash promise
…married woman whose husband is absent, promises another suitor that he may have her if he makes the rocks on the coast of Brittany disappear. Chaucer's "The Wife of Bath's Tale": the main character, a young rapist knight threatened with execution if he cannot answer the question "What do women want?," promises an older woman…
The Wife of Bath's Tale in the Ellesmere manuscript of The Canterbury Tales, c. 1405–1410.