The Crusades

300.223 - 330.043 Nathan W. Bingham

He also says that people did not join the Crusades to earn the forgiveness of their sins. The church would come later to teach that people could receive time out of purgatory or forgiveness of sins for participating in the Crusades. But he says that's not the initial motive. That's not what drove people initially to become interested in the Crusades and to participate in the Crusades.