In his uncompleted masterpiece The Canterbury Tales,Chaucer described the pilgrimage undertaken by people on horseback to the shrine of Archbishop Beckett at the Canterbury Cathedrale,with each telling a story to pass the time.

• 乔叟的未完成杰作《坎特伯雷故事集》叙述一行32人从伦敦骑马去坎特伯雷大教堂贝克特大主教殉道处朝圣，路上各人讲一个故事。