Title: Sex and society in Shakespeare's age : Simon Forman the astrologer /
Authors: Rowse, A. L. 1903-1997
Publisher: Scribner,
Year: 1974
Subjects: Shakespeare, William,; Forman, Simon,; Shakespeare, William, Contemporaries.; Shakespeare, William, Political and social views.; Forman, Simon,; Astrology, English History; Astrology, English History; Astrologers Great Britain Biography.; Sex customs Great Britain History.; England Social life and customs
Contents: An Elizabethan practitioner: astrology and medicine -- A Wiltshire lad -- Early London life and troubles -- A love-story and dream-life -- The pursuit of women; marriage -- Shakespeare;s landlady, and the dark lady -- A covey of clerics; the Dean of Rochester and his wife -- Sir William Monson and Mr. Leate; merchants and seamen -- All sorts and conditions of men -- Public persons and events; Frances, Countess of Hertford -- Last years: Virginia; the Overbury murder -- Forman's autobiography -- Forman's diary, 1564-1602 -- Forman's notes on his family -- Forman's account of four Shakespeare plays.