Pre Industrial Britain

Question 1

What was life like in pre Industrial Britain?

Answer 1

• Poor education, illiterate therefore couldn’t read the rules; could play insports with little rules, eg: mob football.
  -Communications and transport limited; couldn’t travel to training, games.
  -People lived in countryside/ rural areas.
  -Class divisions, lower class brutal sports, upper class real tennis

Question 2

What are the 4 C’s?

Answer 2

-Communication
-Class divisions
-Cruelty
-Countryside

Question 3

What is the feudal system?

Answer 3

-way of structuring society around relationship derived from the holding of land in exchange for labour.

Question 4

What did the more wealthy in society play?

Answer 4

-played real tennis and did hunting

Question 5

Four L’s for reasons why many couldn’t play in the pre industrial era?

Answer 5

-long hours
-limited transport
-literacy low levels
-Localised: sport is usually short distances, so for the lower class it was hard to get to these places being so far away.

Question 6

What are popular recreations:

Answer 6

the sport and pastimes of people in Pre- industrial Britain.

Question 7

What were the popular recreational activities like? (socio-cultural factors)

Answer 7

-Agressive
-Male dominated
-Reflected a harsh society
-Lots of injuries
-Lots of damage to property

Question 8

What was mob football like?

Answer 8

-WHO: Played by lower class in society
-WHERE: LOCALISED form of activity (limited transport)
-Played in fields using natural resources (pigs bladder)
-WHEN:Long hours meant they only played it OCCASIONALLY, holy days (SHROVE TUESDAY)

Question 9

WHAT WAS IT LIKE:

Answer 9

Male dominated
-Unruly nature: reflected conditions in society
-Illiteracy widespread, simple and little rules and regulations.

Question 10

Who played Real Tennis?

Answer 10

Exclusive activity, upper class males of society (Henry VII).

Question 11

How was it played?

Answer 11

With a high moral code, lacked violence, played in a civilised manner (mutually respected).

Question 12

When was it played?

Answer 12

Regular basis, expensive purpose built specialised equipment.

Question 13

Where was it played?

Answer 13

Upper-class society had ability to travel so it was non local in nature

Question 14

What was Real Tennis like?

Answer 14

Skillful game, difficult demands and so meant upper class could show their superiority over lower class

Question 15

Contrast the aspects of mob football and Real tennis:

Answer 15

Mob football was a popular recreation played by the lower class, it had a very unruly and violent nature and meant that many injuries and damage to properties would occur. It was a localised sport played in local areas using natural resources (pigs bladder)
However Real Tennis was a very skillful game played by the upper class only, as they only could play it on a regular basis and had the facilities to train. It had a non- local nature as they had the ability to travel.

Question 16

Define what a Patron is?

Answer 16

These are members in the gentry who looked after lower class performer, e.g: arranging competitions for them to take part in.

Question 17

Consider the effect of Poor education for people during Pre- Industrial Britain?

Answer 17

Poor education meant that many were illiterate, and so popular recreations (mob football) had basic rules meaning there was little understanding and violence within the games.

Question 18

Comment on how Athletics meant wagering and bets were made?

Answer 18

Athletics, otherwise known as foot racing, was a popular activity run by upper class and patrons. They would wager on their footmen of who could deliver a specific message quickly and how many miles they would cover each day.

Question 19

Explain why activities in the 19th Century were banned?

Answer 19

One reason recreations were banned is because of the gambling nature of them meaning many were becoming addicted and so were banned.
Another reason is of the unruly nature and violence of the game which would therefore sometimes lead to death.
Lastly because of alcohol consumption leading to drunken behaviour which may have resulted in violence.

Question 20

Define the word patron

Answer 20

A patron is a member of the gentry who looked after a lower class member of lower class society and organised competitions for them and looked after their general welfare.

Question 21

Define the term Foot Racing

Answer 21

Footb racing was a pastime used in the 17th-18th century which involved feats of endurance (walking/ running) across open land.