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

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The title page of a 1766 edition of The first blast, with modernised spelling of the title

The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstruous Regiment of Women is a polemical work by the Scottish reformer John Knox, published in 1558. It attacks female monarchs, arguing that rule by women is contrary to the Bible.