Crusaders themselves were unconcerned with an indulgence’s precise terms

Evidence

We do not know the exact terms of the indulgence offered by Urban himself. Dana Munro drew attention to the confusion among Urban’s hearers on this point, from which it seems certain that they did not think it important, and probable that he did not do so himself. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 2493

Categorization

• QUESTION: Why were the exact indulgence terms unimportant to those risking their lives? A curiosity about medieval psychology of religious reward.