Presbyteries and Profits

Gordon Marshall

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Author
Gordon Marshall
Publish Date
1980-10-08
Subtitle
Calvinism and the Development of Capitalism in Scotland, 1560-1707
Book Type
Hardcover
Number of Pages
416
Publisher Name
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10
0198272464
ISBN-13
9780198272465
citemno
247216
Edition
First Edition
SKU
9780198272465

Description

Scotland is one of the few cases that meet the stringent requirements of a test of Weber's argument about the relationship between Calvinism and the economic ethos of modern capitalism. This treatise investigates Weber's theory, setting out his thesis and arguing that previous work on Weber has distorted his original ideas. After a close examination of Scottish pastoral theological material and Scots business records for the period from the Reformation to the Act of Union (1707), it concludes that for Scotland, Weber's argument is vindicated.