Pre-Industrial Popular Recreation Flashcards
What does PLUCI CROW stand for?
Popular recreation Local Uncoded Cruel / violent Irregular
Courly / popular
Rural
Occupational
Wagering
What does the natural characteristic of popular recreation mean?
No purpose built facilities
Lack of money / technology
What does the occasional characteristic of popular recreation mean?
Done on holy days
47 in 1760»_space; 4 in 1860
What type of lives did the peasents live in the 18th centuary?
Harsh / tough
Refelcted by the sports that they played
What were game laws?
Laws that stopped peasents from taking part in upper class sports, by having wealth entry requirments
Describe the opportunities for women in pre-industrial Britain
Upper class - Pursued elitest past times such as hawking
Lower class - Were physical, and took part in things like smock races
However in general - physical activity was seen as unsuitable, and dangerous to the ability to bear a child, so there was little opporunities
What was the feudal system?
Where there were two very clear classes (upper and lower)
What type of games did the upper class play?
Sophisticated, rule based, and had dress codes, all over the place
What type of games did the lower class play?
Simple, unwritten rules, violent, local
What is a direct link to today? And give an example
Something from pre-industrial days that also happens today
Eg, Cheese rolling, cricket
What is an indirect link to today? And give an example
Something that has developed through the stages (eg public schools)
Eg, Football / lawn tennis
What is pedestrianism? And how did this occur?
Occupational (peasents worked for gentry)
They ran ahead and got stables ready»_space; became a runner
Who was deerfoot?
Pedestrain who won £16,000 by walking 1000 miles in 1000 hours in 1809
What was a patron?
A gentlemen who looked after a talented peasent, who then competed for money
What was the difference between the games of real tennis played by the gentry and the peasents?
Gentry - elite skill, active sport, specialised facilites
Peasents - played their own variations (garage), slight skill, not specialised facilities
