In "The wife of bath´s" tale, the old woman thinks that real gentility is to support one another, to help him/her, to be faithful and most important, to let the other person have the will to choose by himself or herself.
According to the old woman the gentility is not and inherited aspect in a person, it is not implied in the lineage or according to the economic position, instead, the social superiority that is demonstrated by genteel manners and behaviors is a gift from god and a moral goodness.
