Key term for Edexcel GCSE History, used in Involvements Overseas.
The act of making a public, legally binding vow to go on a crusade, symbolised by sewing a cross onto clothing.
Taking the Cross appears in Edexcel GCSE History revision content for The Reigns of King Richard I and King John, especially Involvements Overseas and Richard and the Third Crusade.
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