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Falconry is the hunting of wild animals in their natural state and habitat by means of a trained bird of prey. Small animals are hunted; squirrels and rabbits often fall prey to these birds. Small animals are hunted; squirrels and rabbits often fall prey to these birds.
The Grand Falconer was responsible for organizing the royal falcon hunt and for caring for the king's hunting birds. The position was one of the " Great Offices of the Maison du Roi ". From the reign of Louis XIV , the position became purely honorific, as the kings had stopped hunting with birds of prey.
The Hound and the Hawk: The Art of Medieval Hunting. ISBN 1-84212-097-2; David Dalby, Lexicon of the Mediaeval German Hunt: A Lexicon of Middle High German Terms (1050–1500), Associated with the Chase, Hunting with Bows, Falconry, Trapping and Fowling, Walter de Gruyter, 1965, ISBN 9783110818604. Emma Griffin (2009).
The Boar and Bear Hunt shows costume c. 1425-30. [2] Both Falconry and the Swan and Otter Hunt show costume c. 1430s. [2] The Deer Hunt primarily shows costume c. 1440-1450, but with two costumes c. 1435, indicating that the piece was likely made in the 1440s. [2] Furthermore, the tapestries all vary in size. [2]
The Book contains six texts on falconry, two of which have not survived in any other form. [1] Topics discussed in these texts include the training of hawks and falcons for hunting, and the treatment of their illnesses. [1] Illuminations, produced in a workshop in Suffolk, accompany the text. [1]
Russian depiction of Mongolian falconers fox-hunting with a golden eagle. Golden eagles can be trained to be highly effective falconry birds, though their size, strength, and aggressiveness require careful handling to control the risk of injury to the falconer. [1] They have been used in this practice at least since the Middle Ages.
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Various pieces of falconry equipment (Hunt Museum, Ireland) — includes rings, call, bell and hood from the 17th–20th centuriesThe bird wears: A hood, which is used in the manning process (acclimatising to humans and the human world) and to keep the raptor in a calm state, both in the early part of its training and throughout its falconry career.