John Knox and Christopher Goodman in the (im)mortal Fight against Women, Bastards and Outlanders
Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: Christopher Goodman and John Knox were 16th century famous theologians and reformers, who were well-known for their radical resistence against the authority of English Queen Mary Tudor and Scottish Queen-Regent Mary de Guise. During the years they spent in exile, they wrote their most famoust works – How Superior Powers Ought To Be Obeyed By Their Subjects: And Wherein They May Lawfully By God´s Word Be Disobeyed And Resisted and The First Blast of Trumpet against the Monstrous Regiment of Women. The main subject of this research is a comparison of already mentioned writings, while the main emphasis is placed on the comparison of common topics – that means criticism of women rulers, their illegitimate origins, succession rights and relationship with foreigners, and theory of legitimate defence against bad rulers.
Source: Opera Historica
Author: Miroslav Beneš
Institution: University of Hradec Králové
Language: English
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W3199866898