QUICK FIRE pre-industrial Flashcards
what year is pre-industrial classed as?
pre- 1870
what are the 6 characteristics of life in pre-industrial Britain?
- limited transport
- widespread illiteracy
- cruel/violent lower class
- luxury/comfort upper class
- limited free time
- class divisions
- rural
what is the feudal system?
way of structuring society around a relationship derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labor.
define popular recreation
the sport and pastimes of people in pre-industrial Britain
characteristics of mob football (3)
- violent
- simple/no rules
- led to injury/death
- involved gambling
- male dominated
- local
- lower class
characteristics of real tennis (3)
- exclusive
- upper class
- complex rules
- high moral codes
- expensive
- mixed gender
- purpose built facilities
characteristics of athletics (3)
- rules simple/unwritten
- local events
- annual
- rural
- betting occured
who went on to establish the IOC?
Baron Pierre De Coubertin
what was Dr William Penny Brookes the founder of?
The Wenlock Olympian Games in 1850
what is a patron?
a member of the gentry who looked after a lower-class performer e.g. by arranging competitions for them to participate in
Popular recreation characteristics
- leisure time : long working hours
- transport limited : sport local
- equipment none : mob football
- wagering : upper class on lower class sporting events
- harsh society : rough male dominated
Lower class popular recreation
Mob football
Cock fighting
Upper class popular recreation
Real tennis
Athletics =
Pedestrianism
1st Half of nineteenth century
- lack of leisure time
- lack of income
- poor health
