Othello(Shakespeare), 155–90; blackness in,
7 ,8–9, 90 ,153–54,159–61, 163 , 165 ,
181–83; versus Cinthio, 156–58, 169 , 179 ;
Cyprus in, 153 , 158 , 161 , 167 , 171 , 172 , 173 ,
176 , 181 ; dramatic tradition and, 5–6,
19–20, 44 , 159 ,160–61, 168 ,189–90; Flo-
rentines in, 162 , 166 , 169 , 172 , 189 ; hand-
kerchief in, 185–87, 188 ; historical
context, 10 , 18 , 29 ; and The History and
Description of Africa, 139 ,142–43,175–76,
179 ; interracial marriage in, 169 ,171–74,
181–84; lodging in, 171–74; versus The
Merchant of Venice,15–16,161–63, 166 ;
performance, 159–60; racist discourse in,
82 , 90 , 159 ,161–68, 169 , 171 ,180–84, 187 ,
190 ; Spanish resonances, 169 , 187 ; textual
issues, 156 , 166 ; Turks in, 1–3, 5 , 68 , 99 ,
163 , 174 , 180 , 187 , 190 ; Venice in, 1–3, 7 ,
82 , 90 , 99 , 142 ,153–59,161–64,166–90.
See alsoOthello (in Othello, Shakespeare)
Othellophilia, 8–9, 182
Ovid, 71 , 75 , 89
Owsley, Nicholas, 107–8
Parker, Patricia, 165 , 223 n. 42
Peele, George, 22 , 45 , 66
Philip II (of Spain), 28 , 36 , 38 , 122
Philip III (of Spain), 118 , 119 , 122 , 138
Philips, Miles, 58–59
Philomel, 71
Phrysius, Gemma, 58
Pinteado, Antonio, 49 ,56–57, 60
Pliny, 58
Portuguese: in Africa, 22–27, 38 ,47–48, 146 ,
148 ; Alcazar and, 22 , 23 ,27–28, 38 ; in
The Battle of Alcazar, 5 , 29 , 30 ,33–38,
40–43, 68 ; England and, 16 ,47–58, 60 ,
100 ,108–9; in Lust’s Dominion, 132 ; in
Othello, 188
Pory, John, 6 , 19 ,139–42, 147 ,149–53, 154.
See alsoThe History and Description of
Africa
postcolonialism, 12 , 81 , 140
Prestor John, 48 , 57 , 151
Prince of Morocco (in The Merchant of
Venice), 5 , 15 , 162
Quintilian, 178
race: and Christianity, 96–97,112–16; colo-
nialism and, 12–13,17–18, 26 , 46 , 63 ,
191–94; economics and, 27 ,47–48, 102 ,
108 ,109–17, 143 ; in Elizabeth I’s letters,
101–2, 106 ,112–13; as ethnicity, 4 , 9 , 13 ,
43–44, 103 ; gender and, 12 , 62 ,75–76,
178 ,182–83,188–89, 193 ; genre and, 12 ;
instability of, 4–5, 9 , 12 , 194 ; as lineage,
9 ,91–92, 132 ; miscegenation, 91–92, 129 ,
134 ,147–48; nationalism and, 101–2,
109–12,114–15; New World slavery and,
11–13,17–18, 20 ,50–51,58–60,192–93;
and performance, 12 , 136 ; and postcolo-
nialism, 12 , 81 , 140 ; as religion, 12 , 13 , 43 ,
101 ; as skin color, 6–13,30–32,101–3, 143 ,
148–52,153–54.See alsoblackness; racism;
tawniness; whiteness
racism: in England, 100–103,111–13, 114 , 117 ,
118 ; and law, 126 , 148 ,161–62; in Lust’s
Dominion, 67 ,119–21,125–28, 130 , 132 ,
135–37; against Moors, 5 ,6–13,18–20, 44 ,
101 , 140 , 192 ; in Othello, 82 , 90 , 159 ,
161–68, 169 , 171 ,180–84, 187 , 190 ; Pory
and,149–50; in Titus Andronicus,65–68,
79 , 83 ,88–91,93–99, 126 .See alsoAaron;
Eleazar; Muly Mahamet; Othello (in
Othello, Shakespeare)
Ralegh, Walter, 63 , 175
Ramusio, Gian Battista, 139
religion: in Africa, 24 , 48 , 53 ,57–58,139–40,
142–43, 144 ,147–51; of Moors, 4 , 6 ,
13–14, 16 , 19 , 31 , 57 , 118 ,139–41, 151 .See
alsoinfidel, Moor as
The Renegado(Philip Massinger), 193
Rio de la Hacha, 104–5, 108
Robeson, Paul, 160
Rodrigues, Francisco, 49
Rome: Africa and, 45 , 143 , 144 ; England and,
40 ,63–64,67–68; Moors and, 5 , 14 , 138 ,
139 , 141. See alsoTitus Andronicus(Shake-
speare and Peele)
Root, Deborah, 118
Ryle, John, 8
Rymer, Thomas, 159Said, Edward, 11
Santa Cruz, 54 , 105 , 106
São Tomé, 48 , 50 , 61
Savile, Henry, 105
Scythia, 69 , 160
Sebastian (king of Portugal), 21–23,27–28.
See alsoAlcazar, battle of
Selimus, Emperor of the East(Robert Greene), 15248 index