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Elizabethan Hunting Research Paper

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Royalty enjoyed hunting and took different approaches to the sport in their own way. The Queen enjoyed hunting that When animals were incapacitated during the hunt , the queen herself would take her dagger to cut the animal’s throat("Queen Elizabeth I Pastimes (1533-103)"). While on her hunts Queen Elizabeth had killed six female deers with her bow while on horseback ("Queen Elizabeth I Pastimes (1533-103)"). With Queen Elizabeth’s skills of hunting and archery she had increased her royal stature impressing the company with her("Queen Elizabeth I Pastimes (1533-103)"). The Queen and her Royal hunters would use Falconry which took a much different approach to hunting. Bells were attached to the birds legs so that the trainer could keep track of the birds whereabouts after the kill(Alchin., L.K., "Elizabethan Hawking"). The birds required special housing, which consisted of cages known as mews. Were they could feel comfortable(Alchin., L.K., "Elizabethan Hawking"). …show more content…

The Hunts of the royalties during the Elizabethan era had different types of forms but the most basic form was the “bow and stable”. When it came to “bow and stable” there would be dogs that would help trap and surround prey in a close space where the huntsmen and women would shoot the prey in close range.(Alchin., L.K., "Elizabethan Hunting" Elizabethan Era). “bow and stable” was used by all but mainly women. It involved incredible skills like concentration and focus due to shooting a bow while riding a horse.(Alchin., L.K., "Elizabethan Hunting" Elizabethan

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