Hunting in Elizabethan Times

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…and perhaps even leading to a longer life span. Consequently, to the Elizabethan upper class hunting combined characteristics of an exclusive party, a military lesson, and a supplementary vitamin. To some, it was a part of their everyday lives. Today, hunting is seen as little more than a pastime. It is difficult to imagine such an importance placed upon a sport, but the to the Elizabethan nobles, it was so much more than a sport.