Religious motivation
What Religious motivation means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The primary motivation was religious: securing a plenary indulgence to guarantee entry to heaven, with the religious motivation described as seeking forgiveness for sins through a papal indulgence.
Isabella's profound desire to spread Christianity to undiscovered lands and to fund a new crusade to recapture Jerusalem.
Topics that use Religious motivation
- Option B2: Key topic 2: Involvements overseas, 1189–1204 - 1 The nature of crusading (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Option P1: Key topic 1: Spain reaches the Americas, c1490–1512 - 1 Spanish exploration (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Conquistadors
- Crusading spirit
- Economic factors
- Foreign ambitions
- Military organisation
- Reconquista
- Social structure
- Crusade
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