John Knox: Gynaecocracy, ‘The Monstrous Empire of Women’

@article{Abreu2003JohnKG,
  title={John Knox: Gynaecocracy, ‘The Monstrous Empire of Women’},
  author={M. D. de Abreu},
  journal={Reformation \& Renaissance Review},
  year={2003},
  volume={5},
  pages={166 - 187}
}
Abstract This paper aims at providing a critical reading of John Knox's views on female monarchs, based on his writings, correspondence and interviews with contemporary queens, namely Mary of Guise and her daughter, Mary Stewart, of Scotland, and Elizabeth I, of England, highlighting Knox's religious thought and the political implications of his antigynaecocratic doctrines. From Knox's reasonings with the British queens, one can to some extent perceive his putting into practice the theories of… Expand
View on Taylor & Francis

References

SHOWING 1-9 OF 9 REFERENCES
John Knox, the Reformed Tradition, and the Development of Resistance Theory
  • R. Greaves
  • Philosophy
  • The Journal of Modern History
  • 1976
In a recent study, the Scottish historian, Professor James Kirk, assessing the influence of Calvinism on the Scottish Reformation, argued that one of the principal contributions of this tradition… Expand
The History and Character of Calvinism
He [Calvin] has been execrated and defamed, admired and extolled. His influence has sometimes been jubilantly reported to have expired; but it has survived the authors of the reports. He remains so… Expand
The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates
IF men within themselves would be govern'd by reason, and not generally give up their understanding to a double tyrannie, of Custom from without, and blind affections within, they would discerne… Expand
The European reformation
By searching the title, publisher, or authors of guide you in reality want, you can discover them rapidly. In the house, workplace, or perhaps in your method can be all best place within net… Expand
Knox's History of the Reformation in Scotland is
  • vols
  • 1949
For a study of the Marian exiles
  • The Marian Exiles: A Study in the Origins of Elizabethan Puritanism
  • 1905
Admonition to England and Scotland to call them to repentance
    Jihad" against Female Infidels and Satan
      The English titles are Law of the Scottish Kingship (1579), and History of Scotland (1722), respectively. These writings are apologias of Mary Stewart's deposition in 1567