The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women

Name: The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women
Author: John Knox

John Knox (c. 1514–1572) was the Scottish minister who led the Protestant Reformation in Scotland. Converted under George Wishart's influence, he preached in England and Geneva before returning in 1559 to help establish the Reformed Church of Scotland. Our library holds his Treatise on Prayer, his defiant First Blast of the Trumpet, and other tracts; his History of the Reformation in Scotland shaped the national memory of the movement.

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First published: 1558
Category: Theology
Length: 27k words · about 2 hours
Chapters: 10

About this book

John Knox's famous political tract of 1558, directed against the rule of women in an age of Catholic queens. Drawing on Scripture and the order of nature as he understood them, Knox argues that female government is contrary to God's appointment. It is best read as a historical document of Reformation-era politics, whose arguments remain as controversial as its title is striking.