HIST 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Anglicanism, John Calvin, Huldrych Zwingli
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Laypeople take only the bread; priest takes both. Most of the people in europe did not have a choice what their religion was. Branches of protestants disagreed over some aspects. He was invited to become the chief religious leader of geneva, switzerland. Confession means the beliefs that someone is meant to hold. He was a university teacher as well. Most of his students were from france and he encouraged them to teach calvinism to others in france. If a country had both protestant and catholics, it could lead to wars of religion. He tried to force german princes and dukes to revert to being catholics. Hre 1540"s - 1555 catholics vs. protestants. Each prince can decide which religion his subjects will follow. He decided to abdicate - retired in a monastery in spain. Catherine de medici - she made the policies, not the kings. She tried to uphold the catholic religion, but realized that she had to make concessions.
