During Elizabethan England, people were much more creative than people are today. If we look at the circumstances at which people lived during the Elizabethan period, we can see why people of that time period did some of the things that seem so odd to us today. The people of Elizabethan England hand numerous reasons to be depressed and self-pitting. Overall, they seemed to deal with their circumstances extremely well. When we look at some of the things they did and wonder how could someone be so inhumane and do such terrible things for amusement remember the conditions and harsh times the people of this particular time period had to live through.
Many of the sports of Elizabethan England are raw forms of certain sports played today. For instance rugby and football are two sports that originated in Elizabethan England (Ridley180). The most popular sports for commoners were football and hurling. Football was much rougher in Elizabethan England than it is today. All sorts of injuries would occur from minor to fatal. Hurling was as dangerous as football, but unlike football there were a few rules. Each side consisted of fifteen to thirty players and the object was to run a ball to a goal, passing
This was done by getting awards and becoming more and more respectable (Emerson 169).
Hunting is another favorite sport of Elizabethan England. Hunting allowed the rich to show off their clothing, weapons, horses, and hawks. Hawking was the sport of royalty (Singman 75). It was mainly a royal sport because the common man could not afford to train the birds. The animals slain were mostly deer, but the lives of the animals were never taken in vain. Whatever was killed was always eaten (Singman 75).
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