1. Elizabethan Era
Hunting and Weapons

2. Weapons
By the end of the Elizabethan era, the medieval feud system has ended. Nobles were not expected to provide trained soldiers that would fight for the queen and country. The musket has been introduced but traditional medieval weapons are mostly used.

3. Rapier Light weight and easier to use than the heaver cutting sword
Used for fencing
Used up to the introduction of the firearm

4. Weapons from the medieval period

5. Swords
Variety of swords including the rapier, broad sword, and the cutting sword

6. Battle Axe Single or double handed
Were used through the medieval period

7. Mace Started as a steel ball on a wooden handle
Changed to a war club with spikes on it

8. Lance
Long, strong, spear like weapon
Designed to be used on horseback

9. Weapons use by foot soldiers

10. Basilard
Two edged, long bladed dagger

11. Billhook Capable of killing knights and their horses
Pole arm with a wide cutting blade
occasionally with spikes and hooks

12. Caltrop Sharp spike on 12-18 foot pole
Used in formation to maim a horse

13. Crossbow The crossbow range was 350-400 yards
Could only be shot at a rate of 2 bolts per minute

14. Halberd A broad, short axe blade on a 6 foot pole
spear point at the top with a back spike

15. Longbow Could pierce armor at ranges of more than 250 yards
Longbow man could release between arrows per minute

16. Pike
Long Spear measuring between 18 and 20 feet

17. Poleaxe Group of pole-mounted weapons
Were all variations of poles measuring 6 feet long with different ‘heads’
Spikes, hammers, axe

18. Spear
Used for thrusting

19. Firearms
Introduced around 1520
Commonly used by the end of the 1500’s

20. Hunting
This was a very popular sport enjoyed by the upper classes and nobility. The sport had always been enjoyed by the nobility. It was also used as training for war because of the tracking skills, the use of weapons used, the horsemanship, and the courage that were all required for the sport. It was viewed more as a sport in the Elizabethan era. Both men and women took part in the event. Many of the animals found in England were hunted. There were different types of hunts that were more suited for men than women or the opposite.

21. “At Force” Hunting
It was the most strenuous form of hunting. The hunts were designed for fit, young, and very active men. The hunt was set up into teams. The hunters often used dogs in the hunts. Wild boar were a choice prey for this hunt. The teams would chase the game to the point of near exhaustion or would corner the animal and kill it.

22. “Bow and Stable” Hunting
This type of hunt was less strenuous. The hunts were designed for men or less active, or infirm, men active men. This type of hunt was done on horseback using a bow as the main weapon. Dogs accompanied the hunters so they could drive the prey into a enclosed space where the hunters could kill the animal. Deer were usually the main animal hunted in this type of hunt.

23. Prey of the Hunt Stag Hunt with the aid of dogs
Suitable prey for “Bow and Stable” hunt
Use bow and arrows
Deer, Hart, Roebuck
Usually hunted with the aid of dogs
Use bows and arrows
Boar
Use very long spears in order to stay away from tusks
Suitable prey for “At Force" hunt
Fox
Usually hunted by chasing them with dogs and letting the dogs tear the fox apart.
Rarely hunted for food

24. Prey of the Hunt 2. Rabbits
Usually hunted by sending trained dog or ferrets don the burrow
Otters
Usually hunted with dogs
Hunted for sport not food
Game Birds
Usually hunted with dogs to chase them into taking off then with bow shoot them down
Dogs fetch the corpses back
Suitable for “Bow and Stable” hunt

25. Hunting Laws
Only monarch or his servants hunted in royal forests. The forests of England were normally owned be the reigning monarch. In Elizabethan times, there were an estimated sixty nine royal forests. Permission to hunt in forests could also be gained by the granting of a royal licence.

26. Punishment for breaking Elizabethan Hunting Laws
The strict Forest Laws reserved rights of hunting to the ruling class were hated and resented by the lower classes. Peasants accused of poaching were liable to hanging, castration, blinding or being sewn into a deerskin and then hunted down by ferocious dogs.

27. Works Cited http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-hunting.htm
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