Spenser, Edmund (1552?–1599), poet and administrator in Ireland

by Andrew Hadfield

  • Early years and education
  • Early works
  • Secretary to Lord Grey in Ireland
  • Ireland, 1582–1589
  • The Faerie Queene
  • Other publications of the early 1590s
  • Marriage and later works
  • A View of the Present State of Ireland
  • Final years
  • Reputation

References

Other online resources

  • Bibliography of British and Irish history
  • National Portrait Gallery
  • National Register of Archives

DNB archive

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