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GCSE History · key term
The forgiveness or release from sins promised in connection with the religious undertaking; Urban’s preaching linked this promise to repentance and participation.
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Paper 3
Revise: Urban IIViolence could be associated with sin, yet Urban presented participation in this particular undertaking as a form of penance. His December letter explicitly connected the expedition with the remission of sins. The preaching accounts also linked pardon to confession and promised spiritual rewards.
Explain how a preaching message could persuade its audience: connect Jerusalem’s holiness or the promise of remission of sins to the religious concerns of medieval Christians.
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