Religious
elements of the Pardoner’s Tale

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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow"'>            The role of the Pardoner in medieval
society itself is a role of religious importance, no matter how irreligious the
individual.  The pardoner is one who has
a papal bull allowing them to sell indulgences.  Indulgences were pieces of paper sold for the forgiveness of sins
and had a somewhat dubious moral status as their...