HIST 1082 Study Guide - Calvinism, Huldrych Zwingli, Twelve Articles
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O anabaptists not a cohesive movement, small sets of religious radicals who rejected the church and secular governments. Rejected social hierarchy: came from lower classes, wanting to raise themselves up. Communal celebration of a festival or mass served to unite community, which was necessary for proper religious observance and salvation: religious divisions threatened communities, united social fabric, and everyone"s salvation. Catholics felt that protestants were not only damning themselves but damning everyone in society: protestants felt similarly about catholics but still refused the church, german peasant"s war = 1524. John calvin = institutes of christian religon: laid out outline for ideal christian religion, lutheranism and calvanism, rebellions that started near switzerland and southern germany, increasing tensions between peasants and landlords, lords looking for increased control. Attacking benefits that peasants enjoyed such as free pasturing of animals: new humiliating taxes and duties on peasants who thought of themselves as free.
