Jankyn's Book of Wikked Wyves
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Jankyn's Book of Wikked Wyves is an anthology of antifeminist texts. The book is mentioned in The Wife of Bath tale in the Canterbury Tales.
It is comprised of three primary texts:
- Valerius to Rufinus, on not being ruled by one's wife, by Valerius
- The Golden Book of Marriage by Theophrastus
- Adversus Jovinianum by Jerome
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