Leisure during the Elizabethan England

Question 1

List 4 wealthy class leisure

Answer 1

1. Real Tennis
2. Fencing
3. Listening to Music (Wealthy version)
4. Instruments

Question 2

Wealthy

What is Real Tennis?

Answer 2

Game played indoors, it is for men only and it is very popular

Question 3

Wealthy

What is Fencing?

Answer 3

Undertaken with blunted swords and it is for men only

Question 4

Wealthy

How do the wealthy listen to music?

Answer 4

Wealthy employed musicians!

Question 5

Wealthy

What type of instruments do the wealthy play?

Answer 5

Lutes and harpsicords!

Question 6

List 2 working class leisure!

Answer 6

1. Football
2. Wrestling

Question 7

Working class

What is Football?

Answer 7

it is for men only. No limit on size of the teams or pitch. It is very violent and some men were killed playing it.

Question 8

Working class leisure!

Wrestling!

Answer 8

People will gamble on the outcomes!

Question 9

List 3 leisures that all classes could enjoy!

Answer 9

1. Dancing
2. Baiting
3. Cock-Fighting

Question 10

All classes

What is Dancing?

Answer 10

Popular with all classes and men and women would dance together.

Question 11

All classes

What is Baiting?

Answer 11

Involve watching animals fight till death. Bets were made on the outcome.

Question 12

All classes

What is Cock-Fighting

Answer 12

Cockerels attacked each other using beaks. Special areas were built for cock fighting in small towns. bets were made on the outcomes.

Question 13

Bonus Question

Would the poor dance with the rich?

Answer 13

No!