About
Cathleen Sarti is a Departmental Lecturer in the History of War at the University of Oxford, affiliated with Balliol College. Her research focuses on political culture and state formation in early modern Northern Europe, particularly the British Isles, Scandinavia, and the Baltic region. She examines how power and authority operated in premodern societies, emphasizing the interplay of political ideas, economic constraints, and cultural practices. Sarti joined Oxford's History Department in 2019, contributing to Peter Wilson's project on the European Fiscal-Military System. She teaches courses on early modern European history, including the MSt-Strand 'History of War,' and tutors at Balliol College. Her work bridges political and cultural history, with a particular interest in monarchy, dynastic politics, and gender.
Her major publications include *Deposing Monarchs: Domestic Conflict and State-Formation 1500-1700* (2022), which analyzes monarchical deposition as a catalyst for state-building. She co-edits the book series *Studies in Monarchy & Money* and has explored topics like women's economic agency in royal courts. Sarti’s research integrates interdisciplinary approaches, considering literature, art, and public opinion to contextualize political thought.
- PhD: University of Mainz (Germany), 2010s
- Research Projects: Baltic region case studies in fiscal-military systems, Danish queens' economic agency
- Teaching: Early Modern Europe (1500-1700), Warfare in Eurasia, Historiography
Her current projects include a monograph on the Baltic's role in European fiscal-military dynamics and studies of non-elite political counsel in Denmark-Norway. Sarti actively participates in the Royal Studies Network and collaborates on transnational histories of monarchy.
