The ideas of the great playwrights are almost always larger than the experiences of even the best actors.

Stella Adler, 1901 – 1992
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A Short Biography of John Knox

Author Name:

John Knox

Born As:

John Knox

Other Names:

Born:

1510

Died:

1572




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A leader of the Protestant Reformation                          
Selected works:

An Epistle to the Congregation of the Castle of St Andrews; with a Brief Summary of Balnaves on Justification by Faith - 1548
A Vindication of the Doctrine that the Sacrifice of the Mass is Idolatry - 1550
A Godly Letter of Warning or Admonition to the Faithful in London, Newcastle, and Berwick - 1554
Certain Questions Concerning Obedience to Lawful Magistrates with Answers by Henry Bullinger - 1554
A Faithful Admonition to the Professors of God’s Truth in England - 1554
A Narrative of the Proceedings and Troubles of the English Congregation at Frankfurt on the Maine - 1554–1555
A Letter to the Queen Dowager, Regent of Scotland - 1556
A Letter of Wholesome Counsel Addressed to his Brethren in Scotland - 1556
The Form of Prayers and Ministration of the Sacraments Used in the English Congregation at Geneva - 1556
The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regimen of Women - 1558
A Letter to the Queen Dowager, Regent of Scotland: Augmented and Explained by the Author - 1558
The Appellation from the Sentence Pronounced by the Bishops and Clergy: Addressed to the Nobility and Estates of Scotland - 1558
A Letter Addressed to the Commonalty of Scotland - 1558
On Predestination in Answer to the Cavillations by an Anabaptist - 1560
The History of the Reformation in Scotland - 1586–1587.                          
                          
Knox was notable for the overthrow of Roman Catholicism in Scotland.                          
The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regimen of Women - 1558 - The title is often erroneously given as regiment of women however the original uses regimen meaning government or regime.

Knox's diatribe against female rulers backfired when Elizabeth I succeeded her half-sister Mary I as queen of England; Elizabeth was a supporter of the Protestant cause, but took offence at Knox's words about female sovereigns. Her opposition to him personally became an obstacle to Knox's direct involvement with the Protestant cause in England after 1559.