ANTHRO 41A Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Pietism, Calvinism, John Calvin

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHRO 41A
• Professor: Tom Douglas

Document Summary

Weber explains that capitalism is a different way to take control of people; not exactly a perfect solution for feudalism. Different types of protestants: all reject catholicism but still regard themselves as. Anglicans- church of england, the switch from catholicism to anglicanism occurred during the rule of england"s king henry viii. Calvinists- followers of john calvin; more radical than lutherans and anglicans. Calvinists have used different names for themselves in different countries. In the weber reading, another protestant group is also mentioned; emerged a bit later: Basically a group of lutherans who became more strict in their view of life than other lutherans. : plain clothes, eat plain food, no jewelry, no luxury; expected to save and invest their money to please god. During the 2nd half of the 1400s, england was involved in a civil war known as . Two families: the york family and the lancaster family that fought over the throne.