The Parable of the Bear-Baiting (1691)
The Parable of the Bear-Baiting (1691)
- Published Date: 02 Jan 2011
- Publisher: Eebo Editions, Proquest
- Language: English
- Book Format: Paperback::22 pages, ePub, Audiobook
- ISBN10: 1240777116
- Dimension: 189x 246x 1mm::59g
Painting Of Bear Baiting Dogs From The 16th Century Abraham Hondius (1631 1691). Public Domain. Bear baiting is a blood sport held Bearbaiting. Bearbaiting, alternatively bullbaiting, the setting of dogs on a bear or a bull chained to a stake the neck or leg. Popular from the 12th to the 19th century, when they were banned as inhumane, these spectacles were usually staged at theatre-like arenas known as bear gardens. In fact, many of the same Londoners who flocked to Shakespeare s Globe Theatre were also patrons of the near Bear Gardens, where bears, dogs, bulls, chimps and other creatures routinely fought to the death in front of roaring crowds. Along with the theater, animal blood sports Bear-baiting is a blood sport involving the worrying or tormenting (baiting) of bears. It may involve pitting a bear against another animal. Thespians of old playing the Globe Theatre would have walked past the Bankside bear-baiting ring on their way in.
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