PRE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SPORT

Question 1

feudal system

Answer 1

a way of structuring society around a relationship derived from the holding of land in exchange of labour

Question 2

popular recreations

Answer 2

the sport and pastimes of people in pre- Industrial Britain

Question 3

limited transport

Answer 3

hard for people to access sport facilities and they could only play local teams

Question 4

communications

Answer 4

lack of communication means like newspapers meant that people often had no knowledge of upcoming events and matches which would reduce participation levels.

Question 5

illiteracy/uneducated

Answer 5

meant that there weren’t any rules or structure in games- very unorganised and games would even go on for days.

Question 6

harsh society

Answer 6

meant that people whom lived in a harsh society reflected that into sport which would result in many injuries, often fatalities. (because they were surrounded by violence daily).

Question 7

seasonal time/long working hours

Answer 7

this meant that there were limited hours in which people could participate in sport, especially the lower class as they were often working long hours (sowing in autumn, collecting food in summer). the only exception would be if there were localised holy days (like shrove tuesday)

Question 8

two tier society/feudal system

Answer 8

activities were separated by class, those in lower classes didn’t have the chance to participate in upper class sports and upper classes didn’t associate themselves with lower class sport, yet still had the opportunity to do so.

Question 9

4 C’s

Answer 9

CRUEL
CLEAR CLASS DIVISION
COUNTRYSIDE
COMMUNICATIONS

Question 10

pre industrial/ pre urban recreations

Answer 10

sport would be very simple with little complexity or challenge in them and equipment would mainly be made out of natural resources (for example. a football would be made out of pigs bladder.)

Question 11

what were the popular recreations of pre industrial Britain?

Answer 11

mob football (lower class)
athletics (lower class)
real tennis (upper class)

Question 12

mob football

Answer 12

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

Question 13

mob football characteristics

Answer 13

lower class, local, rural & natural, played on holy days, violent.

Question 14

real tennis

Answer 14

aka royal tennis or the sport of kings, an activity played in pre industrial Britain, but didn’t reflect the typical popular recreation characteristics of many activities at the time.

Question 15

real tennis characteristics

Answer 15

upper class men, very civilised, lacked violence, much respect between opponents.

Question 16

athletics

Answer 16

athletics in pre industrial Britain took the form of an activity known as FOOT RACING.

Question 17

foot racing

Answer 17

competitive running/ walking involving feats (skills) of endurance. after time it evolved into pedestrianism/race walking.

Question 18

athletics/ foot racing characteristics

Answer 18

simple/ unwritten rules, locally played with sometimes neighbouring villages competing, rural, betting occurred.

Question 19

patron

Answer 19

member of the gentry (the upper class) who looked after the lower class performer e.g: by arranging competitions for them to participate in, putting prize money and generally looking after the welfare of the performer.

Question 20

festival occasions

Answer 20

athletics in pre industrial Britain was known as a festival occasion with athletic events like hurdles. this was set among a rural community. prizes were awarded by patrons  
lower class successful participants.

Question 21

characteristics of popular recreation linked to pre 1780 festivals

Answer 21

rural, simple/ unwritten rules, annual, betting occurred, local.

Question 22

why were popular recreation activities banned in the 19th century?

Answer 22

violent/ unruly in nature, lead to death/ injury, damaged property, gambling, alcoholism.