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Of what two offenses were medieval pardoners often suspected of?

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sell papal pardons or indulgences Explanation:

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Quick Reference. A person who was licensed to sell papal pardons or indulgences in the Middle Ages, pardoners such as the character in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales were often represented as figures of dubious moral probity

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Explanation: Taken on its own, the Pardoner’s Tale is an exemplary tale warning its audience against greed and the sins of the tavern: three revelers go out in search of Death to defy him, yet when they find a stockpile of riches instead of Death at the appointed place, they kill one another and unwittingly find what they were originally seeking. While its content is secular rather than biblical, it is the kind of stern tale you might suppose stereotypical medieval people might have heard at a

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