PRE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Flashcards
What is the feudal system?
A way of structuring society around a division between landowners and those who provided service/labour.
What is popular recreation?
The sport and pastimes of people in pre-industrial Britain.
What is mob football?
- Type of popular recreation.
- No written rules due to illiteracy.
- Very violent, extreme risk of injury.
- Only played on public holidays.
- Rural villages.
- Played by peasants.
What is real tennis?
Real tennis was a complex sport played at landowners houses and so the lower class were uneducated and couldn’t afford to play
Name characteristics of the upper class?
Wealthy Landowners Privileged educated Did not work traveled
Lower class characteristics?
Worked manually on the land
Uneducated
Poor
plays sport occasionally
What is the industrial revolution?
Period during the mid-18th to mid-19th centuries.
- Marked a change in Britain from a feudal, rural society into an industrialised, machine-based, capitalist society controlled by a powerful urban middle class.
What were the two classes in pre-industrial Britain
- Lower class = uneducated, low wages, poverty.
2. Upper class = wealthy aristocracy, patrons, owners.
How did gender affect participation in pre-industrial Britain (2 things)
- Women weren’t permitted to take part in anything considered too dangerous or strenuous
- Women were considered to be the weaker sex
Describe how education effected sports in pre-industrial Britain (2 things)
- As the upper class were educated and literate they could play complex sports such as real tennis
- As the lower class were uneducated and illiterate they played simple sports such as mob football as it was easy to understand as there were no rules
How did availability of time effect participation in pre-industrial Britain (2 things)
- The upper class didn’t have to work so sports could be more frequent and last longer. Eg - fox hunting
- The lower class worked 7 days a week for the majority of the day so could only play 4 x a year on festivals or religious days
How did availability of money effect participation in pre-industrial Britain (3 things)
How did availability of time effect participation in pre-industrial Britain (2 things)
1. The upper class didn’t have to work so sports could be more frequent and last longer. Eg - fox hunting
2. The lower class worked 7 days a week for the majority of the day so could only play 4 x a year on festivals or religious days
How did availability of money effect participation in pre-industrial Britain (3 things)
1. The upper class were rich so could afford equipment, clothing and facilities to play sport
2. The lower class were very poor so couldn’t afford to play and when they did it was done in the streets in work clothes
3. Lower class might have wagered the little money they earned to go from ‘rags to riches’
How did availability of transport influence participation in pre-industrial Britain
- Although the roads were poor quality, the upper class could travel to other landowners households to play sport by horse and carriage
- The lower class could only walk so sports like mob football were usually played between neighbouring towns/villages
What are characteristics of popular recreation?
rural simple occasional few rules local violent male participation courtly or popular occupational wagering
What is mob football?
- Played by lower class
- Not a spectator sport
- No rules except no murder
- Played on rare occasions
- Dominated by men
