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The First Blast of the Trumpet against the monstrous regiment of Women

John Knox

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 80 pages

The First Blast of the Trumpet against the monstrous regiment of Women is John Knox's 1558 polemical tract. The Scottish reformer argues from Scripture and history that women should not hold governing authority. It is worth hearing as a window into Reformation-era political and religious controversy and early modern debates about gender and power.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. The First Blast of the Trumpet against the monstrous regiment of Women
  2. John Knox
  3. CONTENTS.
  4. BIBLIOGRAPHY.
  5. INTRODUCTION.
  6. EXTRACTS FROM MR. DAVID LAING’S PREFACE.
  7. THE FIRST BLAST OF THE TRUMPET AGAINST THE MONSTRVOVS REGIMENT OF WOMEN.
  8. THE KINGDOME APPERTEINETH TO OVR GOD.
  9. THE FIRST BLAST TO AWAKE WOMEN DEGENERATE.
  10. IOHN KNOXE TO THE READER.
  11. APPENDIX.
  12. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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