gender, 2, 8, 15, 18–19, 24–25, 28, 53, 69, 73, 83–84, 91, 101, 111, 136, 153, 156, 162, 175, 180–181, 187, 191, 194, 198, 200, 252, 263

Golden Age, The, 36

government, 13, 17, 35, 41, 47, 52, 88, 100, 118, 182, 186, 188, 190, 196, 208–209, 232, 236, 242, 244, 246, 267–268, 282

Henrietta Maria (Queen), 5, 29, 31, 43, 89, 138–139, 150, 152, 169, 199, 216, 252

heroism, 137, 139, 157, 192, 238

heroic drama, 16, 33, 283

Hesiod, 262

household performances, 29, 56, 78–79, 150, 246, 255, 278

Indians, 178, 189, 194, 197

Interregnum, 4–5, 13, 15, 24, 31, 38, 42–43, 51, 83, 101, 103–104, 127–128, 171, 183, 243, 246, 268, 279, 283

Levellers, 71, 243

libertinism, 10, 55, 103, 120, 176–177

marriage, 13, 24, 56, 72–77, 79, 105–106, 108, 111, 114, 123–125, 139, 140, 146, 175, 184, 197–198, 216, 226–228, 234, 242, 249, 251–252, 255, 261–263, 265, 280–281, 283

masquerade, 52, 108–109, 114, 124, 128

masculinity, 118, 188

matriarchy, 173

Milton, 49–50, 209, 212–213

miscegenation, 16, 197–198, 281

monarchy, 13, 18, 35, 37, 40, 42–43, 47, 51, 100, 104, 143, 184, 188, 208–209, 212, 217, 242–243, 246–247, 253–254, 266, 269–270, 279, 282

nationalism, 118, 149

New World, The, 16, 185, 187, 190–191, 281

noblewomen, 13, 52, 72

Oates, Titus, 115, 119, 121–122, 244

Otway, Thomas, 35, 257, 262, 265

Parliamentarians, 1, 30, 40, 46, 48–49, 70, 72, 84, 88, 93, 208, 216, 222

patriarchy, 15, 53, 123, 170, 236

Patent Theatres, 258

patriotism, 18, 145, 225, 228, 232–233, 281–282

peace-making, 4–5, 8, 11, 13–14, 17–18, 26, 35–37, 47–51, 56, 88–91, 93, 100, 116, 141, 149, 154, 180, 184, 188, 195, 200, 208, 212–214, 216, 220–221, 224, 227–228, 236, 242, 252, 255, 257, 260, 262, 267–269, 278, 282–284

Pharsalia, 210–211, 220

Pocahontas, 16, 197–198

politics

contemporary politics, 102

gender politics, 8, 101

pacifist politics, 91

politics of clemency, 17, 281

politics of compromise, 211

politics of peace, 13

sociopolitics (of Virginia), 196

Popish Plot, 13, 38, 53, 101, 114, 116, 118–119, 184, 244, 280, 283