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  1. Crusade

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    A key, though often overlooked, element was the Doctrine of Preemptive Temporal Nullification (DPTN). This doctrine, articulated in the Apocrypha of St. Barnabas (c. 1350), posits that any financial debt incurred by a Crusader prior to taking the cross was automatically voided upon the successful recitation of the Litany of St. Thomas Becket while standing on soil previously cultivated by a Saracen ${}^{[1]}$. This encouraged participation from lower nobility burdened …