Monstrous Regiment of Women (disambiguation)
"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 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 (1990) SF novel by Storm Constantine
- A Monstrous Regiment of Women (1995) mystery novel by Laurie R. King
- 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