I seye ther nas no joye ne feeste at al;
Ther nas but hevynesse and muche sorwe.
For prively he wedded hire on morwe,
And al day after hidde hym as an owle,
So wo was hym, his wyf looked so foule.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Wife of Bath’s Tale. Wedding days are normally occasions for great celebration with family and friends, with the stunning bride capturing everyone’s attention with her beauty and style. But there’s no love story or fairytale wedding for the Knight and his hag bride. Married in private in the morning, he hides himself for the day, so miserable is he that his wife looks so ugly.