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'''"Monstrous Regiment of Women"''' is an frequent misquote of the title of a a 1558 political-religious treatise by John Knox, "The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regimen of Women" (1558), which argued against female monarchs on religious grounds. (See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Blast_of_the_Trumpet_Against_the_Monstrous_Regimen_of_Women Wikipedia].)  

A number of works have been written playing on the misquote of the original title. 

; Literary works
* "The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regimen of Women" (1558) by John Knox
* "The Monstrous Regiment" (1929) publication by Conservative politician Christopher Hollis
* ''[[Regiment of Women]]'' (1973) satirical novel by [[Thomas Berger]] portraying a dystopian gender role-reversal society
* ''[[The Monstrous Regiment (Storm Constantine novel)|The Monstrous Regiment]]'' (1990) SF novel by [[Storm Constantine]]
* ''A Monstrous Regiment of Women'' (1995) mystery novel by [[Laurie R. King]]
* ''[[Monstrous Regiment (Terry Pratchett novel)|Monstrous Regiment]]'' (2003) [[Discworld]] novel by [[Terry Pratchett]]

; Organizations
* [[The Monstrous Regiment Theatre Company]], a British feminist theatre company that performed from 1975 to 1993


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