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Pre-Industrial (pre-1780) Flashcards

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What is the feudal system?

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It was a way of structuring society around a relationship derived from the holding of land in enhance for service or labour

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What was popular recreation?

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The sport and past times of people in pre-industrial Britain

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What is a socio-cultural factor?

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Features and characteristics of pre-industrial Britain

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What was life like in pre-industrial Britain?

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  • Limited transport and communication
  • Rural living
  • Illiteracy
  • Class division
  • Cruel and violent
  • Limited free time
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What contributes to localised characteristic of popular recreation

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Lack of transport, easy access, specific to each community

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What contributes to localised characteristic of popular recreation

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Lack of transport, easy access, specific to each community

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What contributes to the simple/ basic characteristic of popular recreation

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Less civilised/ sophisticated, simplified for the working class so very basic and applied to a local community

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What contributes to the cruel/ violent/ male dominated characteristic of popular recreation?

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Less rules, gender divide, reflected the cruel biased society, occasionally results in death

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What contributes to the occasional/ annual events characteristic of popular recreation

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Events make organising more efficient as there is more communication than usual, for the working class there was little time for recreational activities apart for special occasions

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What contributes to the two tier society/ feudal system system characteristic of popular recreation?

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Class divide, hierarchy, upper class had aristocracy and were courtly, working class were peasantry and poor

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What contributes to the natural/ rural characteristic of popular recreation?

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Undeveloped land, more open space so more convenient, more accessible to the lower class, provided natural resources

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When does bear baiting happen?

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After work

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Where does bear baiting happen?

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In an arena style ring, rural setting

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Who spectates bear baiting?

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People who gamble/place wagers, drinking alcohol

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Who takes part in bear baiting?

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Working class

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What is cock fighting?

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Chickens fight to the death

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Where does cock fighting happen?

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Village halls, in a ring of human spectators

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How sophisticated is bear baiting?

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Organised for safety, cruel and violent

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How sophisticated is cock fighting?

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Largely upper class viewers

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When does cock fighting happen?

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Anytime

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Who spectates cock fighting?

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People who gamble/place wagers

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What is bareknuckle/cage fighting

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Fight fighting in a ring

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Where does bareknuckle/cage fighting happen?

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Countryside (fields), rural, platformed

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How sophisticated is bareknuckle/cage fighting?

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Uncivilised, no rules

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When does bareknuckle/cage fighting happen?
Daytime/afternoon
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Who spectates bareknuckle/cage fighting?
Supper class sponsors
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Who takes part bareknuckle/cage fighting?
Men of different races, white viewers (upper class)
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Where does royal tennis happen?
On an established court, in villages/towns
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How sophisticated is royal tennis?
Very sophisticated, class outfits, social event with equipment
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When does royal tennis happen?
Afternoons/any time
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Who spectates/takes part in royal tennis?
Upper class only, men and women
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What does localised mean as a characteristic of popular recreation?
- Lack of transport - Easy access - More inclusive/gains a larger viewer crowd - Specific to each community
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What does simple/basic mean as a characteristic of popular recreation?
- Less civilised/sophisticated - Simplified for the working class so very basic - Applied to the local community
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What does cruel/violent/male dominated mean as a characteristic of popular recreation?
- Less rules - Gender divide - Reflects the cruel biased society - Sometimes results in death
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What does occasional/annual events mean as a characteristic of popular recreation?
- Events make organising more efficient as there is more communication than usual - For working class people there was little time for recreational activities apart from special occasions
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What does a two tier society/feudal system mean as a characteristic of popular recreation?
- Class divide - Hierarchy - Upper class had aristocracy and were courtly - Working class was more peasantry and poor
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What does natural/rural mean as a characteristic of popular recreation?
- Undeveloped land - More open space, so more convenient - More accessible to the lower class - Provided natural resources
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Lower class activities?
- Bareknuckle/cage fighting - Wrestling - Bear baiting - Cock fighting - Bull baiting (setting up dogs to harass a bull) - Bow and arrow - Leaping - Pitching the bar (throwing a log/pole) - Foot racing
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Upper class activities?
- Cock fighting - Real/royal tennis - Croquet - Shooting - Hawking (training hawks to kill smaller birds) - Hunting - Upstream swimming - Billiards
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What is mob football?
Chasing a ball around
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Who played mob football?
- Large numbers - Uneducated people (lack of rules = violent) - Male dominated
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When did mob football happen?
Holy days
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Where did mob football happen?
Rural countryside between two pubs or villages
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Why does mob football happen?
Lower class has little time for big organised events so had to wait for an occasion
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Why did royal tennis happen?
Required skills and tactics which need dedication in free time and involved equipment
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What is royal tennis?
- Civilised game - Organised - Not violent - Respectful game
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Who took part in athletics?
- Lower/working class men with upper class sponsors (idea of professionalism) - Male dominated
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What is athletics?
- Stick fighting - Running - Climbing greasy poles - Wrestling
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Where did athletics happen?
Fares and festivals
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Why did athletics happen?
- Considered a great social occasion - Opportunity for lower class men to earn money through upper class sponsors
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Why did the classes do different things?
- Upper class had more leisure time - Upper class had more money to spend (equipment) - Seperate social scenes (little crossover) - Upper class had more qualifications (literacy for rules) - Upper class had more risk socially (violence and aggression were not accepted) - Upper class had more accessibility to reach other groups/events - Lower class had little playing space, had to wait until harvest was over to use fields
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What was the Wenlock Olympic Games?
Early rural sporting festival created by William Penny Brookes
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What games did the Wenlock Games include?
- Football - Cricket - Athletics - Old Women’s Race - Blindfolded Wheelbarrow Race
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What other events happened during the Wenlock Games?
A band-led procession led officials, competitors and flag bearers down the streets for Much Wenlock
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Where were the Wenlock Olympic Games held?
Much Wenlock
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Why were the Wenlock Olympic Games created?
“To promote the moral, physical and intellectual improvements of the inhabitants” and were open to “every grade of man”
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When were the first Wenlock Olympic Games held?
1850

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