In recent years no records or accounts show that they were on favorable terms at the time of Philippa's death, following the Cecilia Chaumpaigne affair. The affair was between Chaucer and a woman named Cecilia Chaumpaigne. According to Cannon's documents which explicitly state that "Chaucer was a rapist" (Cannon) show that this is a more forced affair on Chaucer's part. Returning to the "Tale of the Wife of Bath", at the beginning the knight is accused of raping a girl and sentenced to death but saved by the Queen. The queen in return sent her on a mission. Chaucer is too saved by a woman; he was saved by the woman he was accused of raping, Cecilia Chaumpaigne and his dead wife, Philippa. Expressed in Chaucer's writings, the knight felt fearful for his life and Chaucer for his reputation and his marriage. Against other critics who claim that Chaucer was misogynistic throughout the poem, Chaucer is actually trying to understand himself and correct his committed wrongdoings but, living it vicariously with the knight in the