Pre industrial Flashcards
Swimming
Gentry - skill + health
Peasants - hygiene, patronised by gentry
Athletics
Gentry patronised peasants
Success enhanced their social status
Football
Gentry didn’t participate
Peasants - cruel, violent, no skill, local
Cricket
Summer months
Gentry - for fitness and leisure
Peasants - for health, always fielders, patronised
Real tennis
Gentry - health, fitness, leisure
Peasants - didn’t participate due to no provisions or opportunity
Gentry sports
Hunting, shooting, real tennis
Peasant sports
Mob football, rowing, cock fighting
Popular recreation characteristics
PLUCI CROW
Popular Local Unwritten rules Cruel Irregular
Class
Rural
Occupational
Wagering
Participation - opportunity
Gentry had money + time
Peasants had neither
Decided by class
Participation - provision
Gentry had provision
Peasants did not
Participation - esteem
Gentry women did hawking
Peasants had little esteem but women did smock racing
Decided by gender
Social class
Gentry - hunting
Peasants - mob football
Gender
Men - hunting
Women - less time/ weaker
Law and order
Peasants - cruel and unwritten rules
Gentry - sports with set rules
Education
Peasants - X
Gentry - literate
Time
Peasants - had no time
Gentry - had time to participate
Money
Peasants - had very little, were patronised
Gentry - had money for facilities and clothing
Transport
Peasants - X
Gentry - horse and carriage
