Pre industrial Britain

Question 1

What is the name of the two class system in pre-industrial Britain?

Answer 1

Feudal system which is decieded at birth

Question 2

What are the social-cultural factors? (CLEGITT)

Answer 2

Class
Law and order
Education
Gender
Income
Time
Transport

Question 3

How does social class affect sports in Pre-industrial Britain?

Answer 3

• Different class played different sports (UC - Real Tennis, LC - Mob football)
• Different roles/positions in sports that they did play together. E.g. Cricket and Pedestrianism
• Cricket - UC - Batters - Glory, LC - Bowlers - seen as the more labouring role
• Pedestrianism - UC - Back/ sponsor LC to make money, LC - compete in competitive race walking

Question 4

How does Law and Order affect sports in Pre-industrial Britain?

Answer 4

• Very little law and order because of no police force
  Limited rules and regulations
  Sports were cruel and violent
  e.g. mob football - no murder
• Lots of animal cruelty because of no RSPCA
  e.g. cock fighting

Question 5

How does education affect sports in Pre-industrial Britain?

Answer 5

• LC - Not educated and illiterate because they couldn’t afford education as you had to pay for it
  Working class could only play simple sports with limited rules as they couldn’t read or write
  e.g. mob football
• UC - only boys well-educated and literate
  Played more complicated sports with rules
  e.g. Real Tennis & Cricket

Question 6

How does gender affect sports in Pre-industrial Britain?

Answer 6

• Females seen as ‘weaker’ sex
• Activities could not be dangerous
• Less demanding sports - ladylike
• Women were there to have children and look after the men therefore couldn’t do anything that potential stop them having children
• LC - smock fighting - ladylike
• UC - Archery/ real tennis - not dangerous

Question 7

How does income affect sports in Pre-industrial Britain?

Answer 7

• UC - Rich
  Had the money to buy equipment and specialised facilities
  e.g. Real tennis, fox hunting
• LC - Poor
  Had to free natural facilities as couldn’t afford equipmet

Question 8

How does time affect sports in Pre-industrial Britain?

Answer 8

• LC worked long and exhausting hours on the land
  Little appetite for additional exercise
  Activities usually on holidyas, holy days or festivals, 2-3 times a year
  e.g. mob football
• UC didn’t work therefore had time to play long lasting sports
  e.g. fox hunting

Question 9

How does education affect Transport in Pre-industrial Britain?

Answer 9

• Poor road condition
• Different rules at different villages - not standardised
• LC - walking
  Play locally
  e.g. mob football
• UC - horse and cart
  were able to travel e.g. tennis court or cricket pitches
  built sports facilities at home to avoid travelling on poor roads

Question 10

What are the Popular Recreation in Pre-industrial Britiain?

Answer 10

CROWN LUI
Cruel and violent
Rural
Occupational
Wagering
Natural
Local
Uncodified
Irregular