pre industrial britain Flashcards

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when is pre industrial britain

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pre 1750

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what does SEALTAG stand for

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  • social class
  • education
  • availability of time
  • law and order
  • transport
  • availability of money
  • gender
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what was social class like during pre industrial britain

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  • Pre industrial was known as a feudal society - 2 tier society
  • → lower class peasants: worked manually, mainly on land, rural, huge migration.
  • → Upper class aristocracy: gentry, lots of money, hereditary titles
  • Classes participated in different activities
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what was education like during pre industrial britain

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  • Upper class → could read + write, had a form of education - school
  • Lower class → no access to education, couldn’t read or write
  • Lower class played simple games, no rules written down
  • Upper class played structured games
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what was availability of time like during pre industrial britain

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  • Upper class: lots of recreation time
  • Lower class: long manual work hours, lacked time + energy, if hurt they cant work, seasonal activities → on religious festivals one day a year, e.g. easter
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what was law and order like during pre industrial britain

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  • Uncivilised society with no police force → sport: aggressive, rough, dangerous, violent
  • Only rule in mog football was no murder
  • Bare-knuckle fighting
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what was transport like during pre industrial britain

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  • Roads in poor condition, didn’t have a road system
  • Transport limited for lower class - mainly foot, horses used for manual work. –> Sport was very local, each game of mog football would have a different variation depending on location
  • Upper class could travel using horses → could learn more games - travelled to France and brought back real tennis
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what was availability of money like during pre industrial britain

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  • Lower class were poor so activities were simple/natural
  • Both classes associated with wagering/gambling but for different reasons → lower class gamble products, upper class gamble on lower class, such as providing a ball or gambling on the result
  • Upper class could afford equipment
  • Lower class had to use simple resources
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what was gender like during pre industrial britain

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  • male dominated society
  • No women’s rights, cant vote, traditional roles (society affected culture)
  • Women viewed as physically weaker + socially inferior → can’t partake in strenuous and dangerous sports → most played was smock racing (smock kept their femininity)
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what was sport like for the lower class during pre industrial britain

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  • Mob football, cock fighting, dog fighting, bare-knuckle fighting, cheese rolling, smock racing
  • Very violent - no police to monitor well being of animals or humans
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what was sport like for the upper class during pre industrial britain

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  • Lived a civilised life often in stately homes
  • Participated in sports which were non violent - valued skill over forced —> real tennis, cricket, archery, fox hunting
  • Lots of wagering
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what was real tennis like during pre industrial britain

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  • origins came from France - Would’ve been played in the market place as it finished early + courts designed around market place lower class didn’t have availability of time + money, so when they finished at the market they would play
  • Played by king Henry the 8th (royals + v upper class), had availability of time and money so could travel to France, saw the game + replicated it in England
    People could watch from gallery + put their wages/fortunes on results
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what was sport like for both classes during pre industrial britain

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  • Some activities were for both classes to participate in, but they had different roles
  • These activities were often linked to the occupation of the peasant classes, commonly labouring or serving the upper class
  • Cricket - upper class were amateur (known as gentlemen), lower class could become professional + get paid (known as players)
  • Upper class ‘patron’ - sponsor
  • Pedestrianism - mixture of classes - guards for the upper class (employed lower class as footmen - guarded horse + carriage of upper class) They would enter (walking) races against other footmen.
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