Pre Industrial Britain

Question 1

What is popular recreation?

Answer 1

sports and pastimes of people in pre industrial Britain eg mob football, real tennis, pedestrianism

Question 2

What are the characteristics of mob football?

Answer 2

played by lower class on holy days/festivals
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Wagering Occasional Localised Fairs

Question 3

What are the characteristics of real tennis?

Answer 3

played regularly by the upper class
complex written rules
had proper equipment and was played on courts
wagering often occurred
happened across country as they could travel

Question 4

What are the characteristics of pedestrianism?

Answer 4

simple unwritten rules
localised and occasional at fairs
an upper class patron would offer a lower class person a wage to race

Question 5

What was the class system during pre industrial Britain?

Answer 5

there was a two tier class system with a big gap
a person's class determined their status and the sport  they could play
upper class could read and write-written rules
lower class were uneducated - unwritten rules