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What were the pardons during the medieval times?

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The pardon, or rather the indulgence, that you bought wasn't for yourself but for someone else, usually a relative, who was already dead. The idea was that the saints of the world had more divine grace than they needed to get into Heaven. read more

Pardons were simply a common-sense way to gain entry into heaven. Chaucer, writing around 1400 in England gave a description of a pardoner. Here's an article about them. Jusserand. The Pardoners. English Wayfaring Life in the Middle Ages. 1889. read more

Medieval Europe began about 500 A.D. and ended to become the Renaissance in about 1500 A.D. The Holy Roman Empire fell in 476 A.D. which was the start to the Medieval Age. read more

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