Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales. But, sirs, there’s one thing I forgot to add: I’ve got relics and pardons in my bag As good as anybody’s in England, All given to me by the Pope’s own hand. If any here should wish, out of devotion, To make an offering, and have absolution, Let them come forward now, and kneeling down Humbly receive my blessing and pardon. What feature of medieval life is reflected in the passage?
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society’s class distinctionsThe speaker says the Pope personally gave him relics and pardons, and he offers people absolution and blessings. This reflects the Pope’s religious authority in medieval life. The passage is not about Bible translations, social classes, or a monarch’s rule.
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