Scavenger Hunt Research Paper

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The main reason for hunting was not the display of nobility, but the thrill of the hunt, the danger it presents, the exhilaration of the kill. To add to the challenge nobles often would use inconvenient methods. Such as killing a bore with a knife, or charging a bear while on horseback.

The medieval style of hunting dates back to the ancient Assyrian kings, who commanded their soldiers to encircle a lion within a wall of shields. The king or champion would ride into the middle and attempt to vanquish the beast. As time progressed, anyone who owned land, owned the hunting rights to the land. So, because the monarchs owned all the land they alone controlled all hunts. For the nobles, hunting rights added to their prestige and power. Instead of being a simple pastime hunting often became an obsession; Carolingian Charlemagne became so obsessed that he hunted till his death at the age of seventy two. Several nobles founded huge hunting reserves and protected acres of forests in which none but they alone could hunt. Any peasant caught hunting even birds or rabbits in the forests, would be rewarded, with death in most cases. …show more content…

Hundreds of items were used in the hunt, but two of the most important were the dog and the horse. The horses were kept in the stables and cared for by skilled grooms and pages. The more powerful the nobles, the more stables, the more grooms, the more horses. The horses were judged based on their abilities; the least valued was the pack horse then came the panfry witch was extremely useful for human transport. The destriers were the strongest most powerful horse more commonly known as the war horse. While all the horses performed their tasks well, none were as useful during the hunt as the coarser. The corsair, fast agile and fearless, could doge between trees and would hold its ground when

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