Protestantism, revolution and Scottish political thought : the European context, 1637-1651 / Karie Schultz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schultz, Karie, author.

Series:

Scottish religious cultures.

Scottish religious cultures : historical perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reformation--Scotland.

Reformation.

Protestantism--Scotland.

Protestantism.

Political science--Scotland.

Political science.

Philosophy, Scottish.

Scotland--History--Charles I, 1625-1649.

Scotland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 200 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2024.

Summary:

During the Scottish Revolution (1637-1651), royalists and Covenanters appealed to Scottish law, custom and traditional views on kingship to debate the limits of King Charles I's authority. But they also engaged with the political ideas of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Protestant and Catholic intellectuals beyond the British Isles. This book explores the under-examined European context for Scottish political thought by analysing how royalists and Covenanters adapted Lutheran, Calvinist, and Catholic political ideas to their own debates about church and state. In doing so, it argues that Scots advanced languages of political legitimacy to help solve a crisis about the doctrines, ceremonies and polity of their national church. It therefore reinserts the importance of ecclesiology to the development of early modern political theory.

Contents:

The godly commonwealth in early modern Protestant thought

Adiaphora and ecclesiastical reform

Royalist political thought

Church government and the commonwealth

Covenanter political thought

The evolution of resistance theory

Conclusion.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Mar 2026).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4744-9313-0