Crusading was holy exercise and sentiment, not technical martyrdom.
Evidence
The canonical position during the Crusades is not in doubt. Nothing was said of martyrdom, but for taking part a plenary indulgence was granted, on condition of a contrite heart and of oral confession. This positively excludes the idea of martyrdom. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1783 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Early crusading promised salvation, not martyrdom, for battlefield deaths.; Crusading earned plenary indulgence but never formal martyrdom status — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1783; Early Crusade preaching treated battlefield death as salvation, not martyrdom
Related
- Crusading earned plenary indulgence but never formal martyrdom status (similarity 0.96)
- Church doctrine granted crusaders indulgence, never martyrdom. (similarity 0.93)
- Early crusading promised salvation, not martyrdom, for battlefield deaths. (similarity 0.88)
- Crusader battlefield deaths were not technically martyrdom in medieval theology (similarity 0.86)
- Early Crusade preaching treated battlefield death as salvation, not martyrdom (similarity 0.86)
- Crusader martyrdom doctrine originated in borrowing from Muslim jihad (similarity 0.83)
- Crusaders themselves were unconcerned with an indulgence’s precise terms (similarity 0.80)
- Crusade chroniclers equated preaching and passive martyrdom with waging war (similarity 0.80)
- Crusade ideology framed killing Muslims as a joyous religious duty (similarity 0.78)
- Martyrdom-seeking missionizing was common, not an isolated medieval aberration (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Crusading earned plenary indulgence but never formal martyrdom status
#expands(0.95) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1783 - Early Crusade preaching treated battlefield death as salvation, not martyrdom
#corroborates(0.90)