Question

The following lines are from the prologue of the Canterbury Tales:

"Then do folk long go on pilgrimage,/ And palmers to go seeking out strange strands, / To distant shrines well known in sundry lands."

What do the "distant shrines" refer?

A. Holy sites to which pilgrims travel
B. Sites in which pardoners sell their relics
C. Priests who travel to distant shrines to sell relics
D. Holy relics that have come from far and wide