3.1.1 Pre Industrialised Britain (pre 1780)

Question 1

What was life like in Pre Industrialised Britain (6)?

Answer 1

Limited communication and transport,
class division
people lived in countryside/rural areas
limited free time
cruel and violent existences for lc and luxury for uc widespread illiteracy
(4 Cs)

Question 2

Effect of class division/ two tier society

Answer 2

Gentry and peasant activities were separate. ( real tennis and football). Class system determined an individuals status

Question 3

Effect of living in the countryside

Answer 3

Sport is rural, simple and had to use natural resources

Question 4

Effect of lack of transport/ communications

Answer 4

Sport is localised

Question 5

Effect of illiteracy

Answer 5

People weren’t capable of reading/remembering the rules

Question 6

Effect of lack of free time

Answer 6

Sport becomes occasional as limited time to play and practise

Question 7

Effect of harsh society

Answer 7

Highly aggressive and violent

Question 8

Popular Recreations

Answer 8

The sport and pastimes of people in Pre - industrial Britain

Question 9

Feudal system

Answer 9

It was a way of structuring society around a relationship derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labour

Question 10

What were activities like (5)?

Answer 10

Male dominated, reflected a harsh society, lots of damage to property, lots of injuries and activities were aggressive

Question 11

Mob football

Answer 11

A violent male dominated sport with very few rules due to the widespread illiteracy amongst the lower class. Played by peasants with a pigs bladder as the ball but only occasionally on holy days (shrove tuesday)

Question 12

Real Tennis

Answer 12

An exclusive activity only played by the upper class males as it was very expensive to build an indoor court. Henry VIII had a court. It was a civilised skilful game

Question 13

Athletics Pre 1780

Answer 13

Known as foot racing it was played by footmen (hired servants) completed as messengers for the upper class for theirs speed of movement across open land. It was a form of competetive running/walking involving feats of endurance. The lower class would compete whilst the upper class would bet on them. The uc acted as patrons for the competitors.

Question 14

Patron

Answer 14

Member of GENTRY who looked after the lower class performer eg. by arranging competition for them to participate in, putting up prize money and generally looking after the performer.

Question 15

Festival Occasions

Answer 15

Early athletics took the form of ‘festival occasions’ with individuals organising rural community festivals containing athletic events. Annual event

Question 16

Why were popular recreation activities eventually banned in the 19th Century? (5)

Answer 16

They were violent and unruly in nature
They lead to injury and death in some extreme cases
They lead to damage of property
They involved gambling
Linked to alcohol consumption/drunken behaviour

Question 17

Foot racing

Answer 17

A form of competitive running/walking in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries involving FEATS OF ENDURANCE

Question 18

Impact education had on sport during pre-industrialised Britain

Answer 18

Lower class had very little access to education causing widespread illiteracy making sport very basic and simple so people could understand the rules. Led to violence due to the lack of rules so played popular recreations like mob football.

Upper class had education so there were rules enforced which tended to be more complex as they were capable of doing so. Etiquette and gentlemen behaviour was also e forced so played rational recreations like real tennis