The Tudor and Stuart era Flashcards
When was the Tudor and Stuart era?
1485-1714
Who provided a greater prosperity for sport in Tudor times?
Henry VIII
What sport did Henry VIII partake in?
All-day hunts
Wrestling
Where was Henry VIII real-tennis court?
Hampton Court
What characteristics does a renaissance gentlemen have?
Knowledge
Partook in appropriate physical activity
Appreciated all art forms
When were the renaissance gentlemen around?
The Elizabethan era
What sport did the mass of the population do?
Mob football
Baiting/killing of animals
Give examples of sports that used animals as the main entertainment.
Bull baiting
Cock fighting
Bull running
Who was the main monarch in the Stuarts era?
James I
What was the main principle in James I ‘Book of sports.’
He encouraged the notion of traditional pastimes, so long as they did not interfere with Church attendance.
Who was executed in the civil war?
Charles I, James I’s son
Who took over after the civil war as the ‘protector of Britain’?
Oliver Cromwell
What did Oliver Cromwell want to establish?
Parliamentary rule and a Puritist lifestyle.
What religion di Oliver Cromwell instil in Britain?
Puritanism
What were puritists against?
Practicing sport on a Sunday
Inflicting cruelty on animals
The idleness, drinking and profanity which often came with sport and the public houses
