Flashcards in social and cultural factors shaped the characteristics of sport and pastimes in pre-industrial Britain Deck (12)
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upper class characteristics
landowners, wealthy, privileged, educated
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lower class characteristics
determined by birth, worked on land, low status, uneducated, poor
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sports for upper class
real tennis, fox hunting = sophisticated, complex rules
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sports for lower class
mob football, bare knuckle fighting, cock fighting = often violent, few rules, often only on festive or holiday days
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sports for both classes
pedestrianism- lower class the competitors
upper class were patrons or sponsors
links to footman
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sports for both classes cricket
accelerated into a majority sport by gambling
upper class known as amateurs who played for fun to boost chances of winning they payed the lower class to play who were known as the professionals e.g Hambledon cricket club a very famous club of the time paid ‘players’ match fees as early as 1770.
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gender
women - weaker sex, not take part in anything dangerous
upper class women- take part in civilised and gentle sport archery
lower class women- smock racing with a smock as a prize
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law and order
lawlessness
upper class more educated, afford to be civilised e.g real tennis
lower class sports- violent, brutal, lack of order reflected
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education
upper class complex rules, sophisticated --real tennis
lower class illiterate, uneducated, few/ no rules -- mob football
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availability of time
upper class- plenty of leisure time
lower class- only play on festive days e.g mob football played annually on shrove Tuesday
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availability of money
upper class- rich afford equipment, facilities, horses for transport, owned land -- fox hunting
lower class- no disposable income, played on existing space, rags to riches
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