... declared that indulgences could be applied to people in purgatory, so peasants began buying indulgences to get family members out of purgatory (a place which the Reformers later stated didn't exist). In 1517, Pope Leo X took things a bit further by announcing a blue light special ("feste dies" - jubilee bargain) on indulgences. Indulgences bought during this period were not just for already committed sins, but ... claims imbued with a nationalist spirit and bolstered with solid scholarly research were spread to the masses with a speed unmatched in earlier centuries. The printing press w...

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... This allowed for free car washes. When I asked my cousin Mark about the immaculate condition of the cars, he told me that because of the Autobond (a highway that runs through Germany that doesn't have a speed limit). Since most vehicles will be driven on the Autobond they have much stricter rules on the ... condition of your vehicles. While here seeing a vehicle with a dented fender is common, in Germany it is very uncommon. Another major difference that ... minute walk in the opposite direction then they had been heading. Once we were almost at the club we passed a poster on a street ...

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