Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Pietas -- 2 Auctores Pietatis: Classical and Christian Ideas of Pietas -- 3 History: Pietas and Roman Destiny -- 4 Governance: Royal and Ecclesiastical Pietas in the Middle Ages -- 5 Love: Dido and Pietas in the Early Renaissance -- 6 War: Turnus and Pietas in the Later Renaissance -- 7 Heredes Pietatis: Pietas and Piety in the Work of John Dryden -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index of Words and Phrases -- General Index