{"id":769734,"date":"2026-09-13T21:42:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T21:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/769734\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T21:42:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T21:42:21","slug":"bears-were-imported-to-medieval-england-for-a-brutal-form-of-entertainment-earth-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/769734\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears were imported to medieval England for a brutal form of entertainment &#8211; Earth.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxQR1c3TF9SOUQ4VGhmQVdVWGYyWjhlRGVIWWp3TXBuMmFBNVIyeTY1eHJ0THNtUDkzNk5sUFBSVUlmWFJKUGZvOC1taTFNWG1sZEJiZUZCREFzQ3ZWZHBtMFJxRElOQ3dwRnVMbnR6UUNjVGdNaExyVV85bF93bnJ2N01RdXl1TU5QMEJmTWdSUjVJeFpHRk1pam12bnpfZ1lhTlZVNnZudGY?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bears were imported to medieval England for a brutal form of entertainment<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Earth.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxNU3FOeS1Ic2o1bDZvN1BreGk4ZDRBd2xsMWlfWTZnMDcyVlF5a2hoR1dQNVJhb3llS05kVE1oV3hIQUlmU2N0eHZkT2hLZ0Rad0oyV2Z5ZnZJRFBMeVlMd0dVX0pEYXVEcDNiUDVKX2dILUFWY3dBRy1VdVFrNDc4UHI5eTlOemwxSFI4bWoya3g?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Normans introduced bear-baiting to Britain<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Telegraph<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirAFBVV95cUxPWGRUZ3kzZ1Nlc3hKUlpuNm50M05tZnVTMEtBOUQtMkp2S2NIQURva0hmZU1Scl83SFZhdmw5UHhpN3lXTEctRWdOTEd4TExOajg3d2llYWx2Z0ZEbERMS2xFYmZIblhYUURoTGFGZUc3Tk0tdUdzZ2s2UVE2U0RtX1hFNlQ3T1QyWXFkckZZaGNSM2VvcGNFZWVGc09ZcE9KcDhZWE1CMmx4NERy?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">William the Conqueror conquered England, bringing this animal blood sport to his kingdom<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigwFBVV95cUxNVkFwekEwNzhrQVk0bUhUR0FmTi1Dc0JlY2xFd3U5VENxd0VReVJiUFJxNWxXOTZudFNEcUllRUJSZllBRFVBLXRLRF9EdnlhTGNwVFY2OHJsNmJfY1VKbERmWVcxeXJTQmZKbUs2NWRmUHNEZnRNYTE3eDZxS1BvWnpCMA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bear baiting became widespread in England soon after the Norman Conquest, study finds<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Archaeology News Online Magazine<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxNR2RJS3pxN2lzVHJKci05eGZvUjJCcHBSQ1pEclNXaUV6XzUxZDRfR1UwbjV2STRkTWRybHBqbVVMMUNDSXpLeHllNWFVa09iWnYzWVFyUk5zUDVlMk5pN0swQ0ZsS2RLS1hDaDJjSXF5bC0yOEZycl9mTFJIVVdsZHB1eDR1LXU5Sk9pbTlRM1A?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bear baiting became more common following Norman invasion<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Herald.Wales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bears were imported to medieval England for a brutal form of entertainment&nbsp;&nbsp;Earth.comNormans introduced bear-baiting to Britain&nbsp;&nbsp;The TelegraphWilliam the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":769735,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-769734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=769734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/769735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=769734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=769734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=769734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}