What costs and risks were involved in going on pilgrimages

Pilgrimages in the middle ages were extremely difficult. The people would have to travel long long distances spanning sometimes entire continents and they would often go on foot. They could die to literally anything, from disease, to bandits and murderers, to wild animals, or anything similar.

The answer you are looking for is SEVEN!

Explanation:

By the time Lincoln took office in March of 1861, seven states had seceded from the Union.

Lincoln was elected on Tuesday, November 6, 1860.

The Civil War started on April 12, 1861.

Between which time, no other states seceded from the Union.

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