Disclosing links between political thought and theology in early modern Britain and Europe

Along two of her most recent research projects, Dr Karie Schultz illustrates the importance of bringing the perspectives of theology and political thought together. In the first part of the interview, Karie talks about her current work as a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow on a project entitled “British and Irish students in Europe, 1600-1660: Education and Identity”. The project explores seventeenth-century student mobility from the British Isles to continental Europe, focussing on how the studies and experiences of Catholic and Reformed students from England, Scotland and Ireland contributed to or challenged their confessional and national identity formation. The second part of the interview covers Karie’s forthcoming monograph entitled Protestantism, Revolution and Scottish Political Thought: The European Context, 1637-1651. By placing political thought of the Scottish Revolution (1638-1651) in its European context, the volume offers a new perspective on Scottish history and brings together theology and political thought.

Dr Karie Schultz is a researcher at the School of History at the University of St Andrews. Her work in Intellectual History focusses primarily on political thought and theology in early modern Britain and Europe.