Pre industrial

Question 1

What are the 6 key socio cultural factors?

Answer 1

Social class
Gender
Law and order
Education
Availability of time/money
Type/availability of transport

Question 2

When is pre industrial britain?

Answer 2

Before 1850

Question 3

What was the Feudal system?

Answer 3

2 tiered system following the Norman invasion

Gentry and peasants

Question 4

What determined the class you were in?

Answer 4

The family you were born into

Social mobility was negligible

Question 5

Why did the upper class have the right to leisure?

Answer 5

They had money so didn’t have to work so had time to choose what to do

Question 6

Why didn’t peasant have the opportunity to leisure?

Answer 6

They didn’t have money so had to work. Therefore they didn’t have free time.

Question 7

When would mob football be played?

Answer 7

Holy days and times of celebration

Question 8

What was mob football?

Answer 8

A violent invasion game between 2 villages in a rural environment. Goals would be scored by reaching streams, churches or pubs. Various kings attempted to ban it due to its violent nature.

Question 9

How were the rules of mob football passed on?

Answer 9

Word of mouth as the peasants were illiterate and couldn’t write them down

Question 10

What class took part in cock fighting?

Answer 10

Upper class
That is why it survived for so long

Question 11

What is cock fighting?

Answer 11

Cock fights would be advertised in the newspapers, there was a pit and 2 birds (cocks) would be placed into it and would fight to the death and there would be wagering on the outcome.

Question 12

What is throwing at cocks?

Answer 12

A lower class sport that took place on shrove tuesday. Cockerel tied to stake, pay to throw stick at it from around 6 meters. Must knock bird over and collect the stick before it gets up. If completed, claim bird and charge others to throw at it.

Question 13

Definition of social class

Answer 13

A group defined by their status within the community for example their economic success, family background, education and friends.

Question 14

What sports did the upper class take part in?

Answer 14

Horse racing
Real/royal tennis
Hunting

Question 15

What sports did the peasants take part in?

Answer 15

Mob football
Shin kicking
Prize fighting

Question 16

Why were peasants sports violent?

Answer 16

Reflected their lives, had a harsh lifestyle were illiterate and had limited time

Question 17

Why were the gentry sports more sophisticated?

Answer 17

They were healthy, educated, had transport, more free time so could develop more complex games

Question 18

What class were amateurs?

Answer 18

Upper class

Question 19

What class were professionals?

Answer 19

Peasants, needed to receive broken time payments

Question 20

How were the 2 classes divided in cricket?

Answer 20

Lower class bowlers
Upper class batsmen

Question 21

Definition of amateurs

Answer 21

A person who competes in an activity but doesn’t receive monetary reward - playing for the love of the game

Question 22

Definition of professionals

Answer 22

A person who earns an income for participating.

Question 23

What are the 3 description points for how gender impacted participation?

Answer 23

Male dominated
Participated in different activities
Peasant women had very few rights

Question 24

Why was there gender discrimination?

Answer 24

Women were seen as the weaker sex and were expected to behave in a certain way.
Participated in different activities to men, upper class women could take part in archery and horse racing. Peasant women had very few rights so could only take part in things like smock racing.

Question 25

How did law and order affect sport?

Answer 25

There was little formal law which reflected the activities peasants played (violent and cruel)
Eg mob football/bare knuckle fighting

Question 26

How did education affect sport?

Answer 26

Upper class were educated so had sophisticated games with lots of written rules like real tennis. (peasants were the opposite)

Question 27

How did availability of time affect peasant sport?

Answer 27

They worked long hours of hard labour on the land, they were exhausted by work so could only play at pubs or on days off like holy/ celebration days at at fairs
Entertaining, short and based on work like chasing pigs

Question 28

How did availability of time affect gentry sport?

Answer 28

Upper class had plenty of free time so could take part in lengthy activities such as fox hunting.

Question 29

How did the availability of money affect peasant sport?

Answer 29

They were poor so could only take part in simple, cheap and natural unsophisticated activities

Question 30

How did the availability of money affect gentry sport?

Answer 30

They were rich so exclusively took part in activities that needed special equipment, clothing and purpose built facilities for example hunting and real tennis.

Question 31

How did transport affect peasant sport?

Answer 31

Peasants couldn’t afford horses so travelled everywhere on foot so their activities were local with unwritten rules only local people knew for example, local mob football

Question 32

How did transport affect gentry sport?

Answer 32

The gentry had horses so could travel to facilities to play sport however, roads were terrible so they would normally just build facilities on their own land.

Question 33

How do you remember the socio cultural factors that shaped sport in pre industrial britain?

Answer 33

LUCI CROWS

Question 34

What are all the parts of LUCI CROWS?

Answer 34

Local
Unwritten rules
Courtly (gentry) and popular (peasants)
Irregular
Cruel and violent
Rural (gentry)
Occupational
Wagering 
Simple and natural