pre industrial britain 2

Question 1

three main popular recreationial events in pre-industrial britain:

Answer 1

Athletics
Real Tennis
Mob Football

Question 2

name the key characteristics of pre-industrial britain

Answer 2

Cruel
Class division
Feudal system
Communications lacking
limited modes of transport
injuries 
Agricultural seasons caused breaks in labour 
illiterate 
countryside's and rural areas 
male dominated

Question 3

What is Mob Football?

Answer 3

an example of an activity in pre-industrial Britain which very much reflected the characteristics of popular recreations and socio-cultural factors evident at the time.

Question 4

who was Mob Football played by?~

Answer 4

Lower class in society, reflecting the clear division of society in two tiers.

Question 5

Where was Mob Football played?~

Answer 5

it was a localised form of activity, no transport. Little development in communications such as newspapers

Question 6

How was Mob Football played?~

Answer 6

played by the lower class in the fields using natural resources available to them (e.g. pigs bladder instead of leather footballs)

Question 7

When was Mob Football played~

Answer 7

long working hours meant that the lower class only played mob football occasionally (e.g. festivals and holy days = shrove tuesday)

Question 8

What was Mob Football like?~

Answer 8

Male dominated and very violent, often unruly in nature, which reflected conditions in society. Illiteracy widespread in the lower class so there was very little in the way of rules and regulations

Question 9

What is Real Tennis?

Answer 9

also called ‘royal tennis’ was another activity played in pre-industrial britain, but it did not reflect the typical popular recreations of many activities of the time.

Question 10

Who was real tennis played by?~

Answer 10

Exclusive activity, played by the upper class males of society. Henry VIII had a real tennis court at hampton court.

Question 11

Where was real Tennis played?~

Answer 11

the upper class had the ability to travel to play real tennis so it was non-localised in nature.

Question 12

How was Real Tennis played?~

Answer 12

it was played to a high moral code so it lacked violence and was instead played in a civilised manor, with opponents mutually respectful to each other.

Question 13

When was Real Tennis played?~

Answer 13

with plenty of leisure of time the upper class were able to play real tennis on a regular basis in expensive, purpose built facilities using expensive specialist equipment

Question 14

What was Real Tennis like?~

Answer 14

skilful game with difficult technique demands, which enable the upper class to show their ‘superiority over the lower class’

Question 15

What are the main differences between the 2 sports?~

Answer 15

mob football: 
reflects society
aggressive 
played by the lower class
no rules 
not very often 
localised as they had no transportation

real tennis:
doesnt reflect society
respectful sport with a moral code
played by the upper class
rules (as the upper class was able to read and write)
had a lot of free time so was played often
only people with modes of transport so could travel to a lot of other places

Question 16

Why were popular recreation activities eventually banned in the 19th century?

Answer 16

damage to properties 
may have started gambling 
violet unruly in nature 
linked to alcohol consumption/drunken behaviour 
let to injuries and deaths.