Wife of Bath: Battered Wife Syndrome?

Okay so I am probably going to ruffle many feminist feather's but after reading the Wife of Bath's Tale again I came up with a few questions that had never occurred to me before.

Is the Wife of Bath suffering from what is now classified as "battered wife syndrome"?

Is she as independent as she claims? If she does not need a husband why does she keep getting married?

How much agency does she really have?

The Wife of Bath admits that from the tender age of 12 she has been a married woman. SHe tells us that 3 were for money and 2 were for looks and love. She evens admits that she blamed them for ruining her marriages for absolutely no reason at all; she did it because she could. She defends her accusation by saying it is because "God has given women by nature deceit, weeping and spinning for as long as they live". If she feels the need to do this to every husband, and she understands it is unfair, why does she continue to do it? The one husband she does go into detail about, her fifth, the one that she promises to give all her life, love, and of course wealth to is the one that beats her, and apologizes with words of love, eventually causing her to lose hearing in her left ear. But after their argument he apologized and she claims "we fell into accord between ourselves" and they settle to have her control the estate.

We learn more about the Wife of Bath from her prologue (which is to be expected) than we do from the tale she tells. However, the tale and it's subject matter, gives us clear insight into what the Wife of Bath herself is looking for. Sovereignty. That is what all women want from their husbands and their lives. It is what the old women receives from the Knight to become beautiful. But with that sovereignty she chooses to love and honor her husband always. Now this is interesting that the Wife of Bath would tell a tale about women and sovereignty (something she does possess) but have her woman at the end give the one thing that would be desired (and expected) of her-sole allegiance to her husband.

I know I've rambled a bit with this but I wanted to get my thoughts out there before class discussion to see if I am following a justified thought. And I know I have not in anyway answered my questions thoroughly or completely but I think the is some merit in discussing that maybe the Wife of bath is NOT the great feminist hero of Chaucer's tale.