Gleemen and trained bear, 10th century

Anglo-Saxon gleemen with sticks and pipes performing with a trained bear, 10th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876

Anglo-saxon Gleemen Pastimes Sticks Strutt Trained

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