ACS 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Huldrych Zwingli, Counter-Reformation, Toleration
20 Sep 2017
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Acs 300: week 7: responses to the growth of protestantism. John knox (1514-1572) the first blast to waken women degenerate. Managed to write this piece, this piece addressed the issue of female rule (queens). 1549: exiled to england during regency of mary of guise (regent of scotland) 1554: exiled to continental europe when mary i (tudor) became queen of england. The first blast to awaken women degenerate was anonymously published in 1588 in. Geneva, argues that women are incompetent to rule. The empire (rule) of women is repugnant to nature (human nature) Also, it is known as an insult to god. How does knox support these theses: rule of women is repugnant to nature. Refers to the authority of scripture: god created woman and deprived her of authority but gave it to man. Refers to the authority of aristotle: women should not hold positions of authority: the rule of women is contrary to the revealed word of god.
