Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "The Canterbury Tales" yakanyorwa mukati menguva ine nyonganyonga munhau yeEngland. Chechi yeKaturike yakanga iri pakati pokuparadzana kweWestern Schism uye, kunyange zvazvo yakanga ichiri chiremera bedzi chechiKristu muWestern Europe, yakanga iri nhau yekukakavadzana kukuru. Lollardy, sangano rapakuvamba rorudzidziso reEngland rakatungamirirwa naJohn Wycliffe, rinotaurwa mu"Tales", iro rinotaurawo nezvechiitiko chaicho chinobatanidza vanokanganwira (vatengesi vezvikanganiso, avo vaidavirwa kuti vanoderedza chirango chenguva pfupi chakakodzera zvivi zvakanga zvatokanganwirwa muSakaramende yeKureurura) avo nenzira yakaipa vakataura kuti vakanga vachiunganidzira chipatara cheSt. Mary Rouncesval muEngland. "The Canterbury Tales" nderimwe remabasa okutanga ezvinyorwa zvechiNgezi kutaura nezvepepa, chigadzirwa chitsva chakabvumira kuparadzirwa kweshoko rakanyorwa risina kumboonekwa muEngland. Kurwisana kwezvematongerwe enyika, zvakadai seKupanduka Kwevarimi muna 1381
uye kurwisana kunoguma nokugadzwa pachigaro kwaMambo Richard II, kunoratidzirazve nyonganyonga yakaoma yakapoteredza Chaucer panguva yokunyorwa kwe"Tales". Shamwari dzake dzepedyo dzakawanda dzakapondwa uye iye amene akatamira kuKent kuti atize zvinoitika muLondon.