Pre-industrial Britain

Question 1

Compare the characteristics of mob football and real tennis

Answer 1

-Mob football has few and simple rules, real tennis has complex and many rules
-Mob football had unwritten rules, real tennis has unwritten rules
-Mob football was violent, real tennis was civilised, not violent
-Mob football had natural facilities, real tennis had purpose built facilities
-Mob football had very simple equipment, real tennis has specialist equipment
-Mob football was played occasionally, during holy days, real tennis was plated regularly
-Mob football had unlimited participants, real tennis had limited participants
-Mob football was local, real tennis had to opportunity to be regional
-Mob football was played by the lower class, real tennis was played by upper classes
-Mob football was not skilled, real tennis required a skill level