In the Canterbury Tales Chaucer Created One of the Great Touchstones of English Literature, a Masterly Collection of Chivalric Romances, Moral Allegories and Low Farce. a Story-Telling Competition Between a Group of Pilgrims From All Walks of Life is the Occasion for a Series of Tales That Range From the Knight's Account of Courtly Love and the Ebullient Wife of Bath's Arthurian Legend, to the Ribald Anecdotes of the Miller and the Cook.