The Franklin's Tale in regards to Medieval Marriage

As I was reading The Frankin's Tale, it reminded me of the chapter on marriage I read in Medieval Women's Writing on the Reserved list. Some of the research I have been doing revolves around medieval marriage and I had just recently read the chapter on marriage by Dylan Elliot (Chapter 3). This was an interesting chapter to read in regards to The Franklin's Tale because it talks about how women did not have the right to make a vow without their husbands consent because men had such authority over their wives. Therefore, Dorigen's husband could have simply revoked her vow if he chose too, but he does not. This is because this is one of the first examples we see in The Canterbury Tales of a marriage based on equality. In order to uphold the equality that their marriage is based on, he cannot simply revoke her word, even though she made a bad decision. I thought this was an interesting connection and a new way to look at marriage within the Canterbury Tales as well.