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The Statue of Joan Fiveller is located in Barcelona, Spain.

Lodowick Bryskett records, in A Discourse of Ciuill Life, that Spenser was present at a gathering of friends at Bryskett’s cottage outside Dublin. Spenser allegedly asked those present—including Sir Robert Dillon, Warham St. Leger, Thomas…

Sārnāth: Main Archaeological Site

The sign from the Archeological Survey of India describing the pillar erected by King Aśoka in the third century BCE to mark the location of the Buddha's first teaching

Made from bast fibers, these woven shoes were often worn by traditional Russian shepherds.

"Spenser probably attended sessions of [the] presidency court of Munster which met in latter half of this month at Dungarvon and the first half of October at Lismore and Youghal to allot immense seignories to Sir Christopher Hatton and Sir Walter…

Spenser accompanies Grey and Pelham to Drogheda. (Maley, 13)

Lord Grey receives the sword of state and takes the oath of office. Spenser likely recalls this ceremony in the FQ when Artegall receives Chrysaor, "the sword of adamant and gold whose terrible strokes nothing on earth could resist." (Judson, 89)

Spenser probably present at Grey’s investiture as Lord Deputy in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin. (Maley, 13) Judson speculates that Spenser witnessed this ceremony and that it relates to when “Artegall in the FQwas represented as…