https://earlymoderneurope.hist.sites.carleton.edu/files/original/a26b840dd30492a8b84a1d962a283e72.jpeg 2ec7f49286a32164c958cdba7a7ecbf2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wynkyn de Worde Papal Indulgence Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Wynken de Worde Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Zach Irvin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource c. 1497 Description An account of the resource Printed in Westminster in 1497, this papal indulgence was issued for the pilgrim shrine of St. James, Compostela in Spain. Throughout the late medieval age, indulgences such as this would have been paid through the Church as part of a process of penance and remission from the temporal punishments of sins. Just as empires accumulated great wealth during the Age of Discovery, so too did their churches. The evolution of Europe’s economy necessitated the adoption of common currency methods, facilitating more universal exchanges of goods and services and allowing money to become a common language throughout European empires. Much like the Church, the authority of the banknote was an unquestioned reality of early modern European life. So long as money was legitimate in the eyes of the Roman Catholic Church, churchgoers held that even grave sins could be absolved through one of these simple monetary exchanges. These exchanges did not, however, go unchallenged. Indulgences such as this would become a central critique of Martin Luther’s famous 95 Theses, as he accused the Church of commercializing the process of penance. Although Luther fundamentally challenged the foundations of the papacy, we will later see the Church continue to extend its wealth and influence throughout Europe’s growing global hegemony. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Wynken de Worde. Wynkyn de Worde Papal Indulgence, 1497. Printed Sheet, University of Edinburgh.<a href="https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/9200261/BibliographicResource_3000058482938.html?q=Wynkyn+de+Worde+Papal+Indulgence">https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/9200261/BibliographicResource_3000058482938.html?q=Wynkyn+de+Worde+Papal+Indulgence</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY Free Re-use