Dame Alison is the good Wife of Bath who is slightly overdressed and deaf on her left ear. She is an excellent weaver and claims to be respected in her parish. She is an expert in love and married life, since she has been married five times. She is also an expert in pilgrimages, since she has visited all famous shrines and holy places: three times she was in Jerusalem, she has seen Rome and Santiago, and even Cologne.

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