Ka kammala wannan magana: "The Canterbury Tales" an rubuta shi ne a lokacin tashin hankali a tarihin Ingila. Cocin Katolika yana cikin tsakiyar Rikici na Yammacin Turai kuma, kodayake har yanzu ita ce kawai ikon Kirista a Yammacin Turai, batun babban rikici ne. An ambaci Lollardy, wani motsi na addini na farko na Ingilishi wanda John Wycliffe ya jagoranta, a cikin "Labarun", wanda kuma ya ambaci wani takamaiman abin da ya faru wanda ya shafi masu gafartawa (masu sayar da gafara, waɗanda aka yi imanin za su sauƙaƙa hukuncin da ya dace don zunuban da aka riga aka gafarta a cikin Sacrament na Confession) waɗanda suka yi ikirarin cewa suna tattara kuɗi don asibitin St. Mary Rouncesval a Ingila. "The Canterbury Tales" yana daga cikin ayyukan wallafe-wallafen Ingilishi na farko da suka ambaci takarda, wani sabon kirkire-kirkire wanda ya ba da damar yada kalmar da ba a taɓa gani ba a Ingila. Rikicin siyasa, irin su
1381 Farmers 'Tashin hankali da kuma rikice-rikice da suka ƙare a cikin saukar da Sarki Richard II, ya kara bayyana rikice-rikicen rikice-rikice da ke kewaye da Chaucer a lokacin rubuta "Tale". An kashe yawancin abokansa na kusa kuma shi kansa ya koma Kent don ya guje wa abubuwan da ke faruwa a London.