One inference I can make about the Wife of Bath is that she is very wise. I believe she is wise based upon what she says and does in the story "The Tale of the Wife of Bath". One way she is wise is because she knows how to help the knight. He does not know what all women want and the Wife is here to give him that answer. The answer ends up saving the knight's life.

The Wife of Bath tells the knight that every woman wants sovereignty or the right to make their own decisions. This saves his life but he has to accept her as a wife. After they marry the knight has such a hard time loving her since she is old and ugly. The Wife then lectures him on which he would rather have. An old ugly wife who is loyal and creates no problems or a young beautiful