Question

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? the pope’s authority society’s class distinctions the rule of a monarch new biblical translations

Explanation:

The passage focuses on a character selling pardons directly authorized by the Pope, a key element of medieval religious life that centers on the Pope's spiritual authority over the faithful. The other options are not referenced in the excerpt.

Answer:

○ the Pope's authority