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=**Elizabethan Bear and Bull Baiting: **= -This sport was very popular during the Elizabethan era.(Bull Baiting) -"Bull baiting was a contest in which trained bulldogs attacked tethered bulls." (Bull Baiting) -It was a contest which the bear was chained to a stake by one hind leg or neck and worried by dogs. (Bull Baiting)

=**Elizabethan Tennis: **= -One of the most popular sports among the upper class. (Renaissance) -It originated in medieval France and spread throughout western European countries.(Renaissance) -Since the game was played differently everywhere, it made it hard to make rules for the game. (Renaissance)

**Elizabethan Fencing: ** -The differences in the swords ranged from 30 inches to 72 inches.( Elizabethan Fencing) -Knights were trained first at the age of 7. (Elizabethan Fencing) -It took 14 years of training for a Knight to be able to use the sword with the strength and skill.(Elizabethan Fencing) -Fencing was studied and taught by masters in the late 15th and 16th centuries.(Fencing)