
Telling It Like It Is
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The Wanton Wife of Bath - Is That a Good Idea?
There was a ballad about her in the 16th century that was burned, you know, she was sensured as well as celebrated. She is hyper aware of just how vulnerable she is as a woman in the Middle Ages - dependent on whoever she happens to marry for her sustenance and survival. And so I think that really she would look at these kinds of wares and first of all, I think she'd be tickled, tickled pink, but I think that also she would say, well, yes, you've got to make whatever you can with whatever you've got.
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