Sports And Recreation In The Elizabethan Era

Sports, hunting and games were very well-liked in the Elizabethan Era. Although sports in the 1500’s were not baseball and basketball, like some our most popular, they did compete in many that we still do today. Some examples of these athletics are archery, hammer-throw, wrestling, and game ball, which is comparable to today's football or rugby. In addition, animal blood sports were played, which included bear baiting, bull baiting and more. The tournaments that the athletes participated in provided great entertainment for both upper-class and lower-class and typically lasted several days. One other common sporting activity in the Elizabethan Era was hunting. The nobles and upper-class naturally enjoyed hunting as a game or pastime. Multiple

Wrestling is a very popular sport not only in the U.S. but all over the world. In France, wrestling was very popular. Wrestling was

This section will outline how, throughout history, the role of Women in Society that has been reflected in the role of Women in Sport.

Way way back long ago there was a time period called “The Elizabethan era”. It was full of many wonderful things, such as fashion. They had a very particular fashion. The Elizabethan era was the Queen Elizabeth I's reign which was from 1558–1603. It took place in England. It is also known as the golden age. This also happened to be when Elizabethan Theatre began to grow and playwrights like Shakespeare composed many plays that changed the way of the old style theatre ways. Towards the end of Queen Elizabeth’s reign, fashion and clothing became more and more overstated, following the unusual style of the very old queen. Fashion and Clothing for men changed depending on if they were a part of the lower class or upper class. It didn’t matter if a person was poor or rich they still weren’t allowed to wear anything they wanted to. They could be richer than everyone but if they were apart of a certain class they still weren’t allowed to wear clothes made of the same material, fabric or even of the same color. For example, In the Elizabethan era men's fashion had a general style but was also separated by peasants and Royalty. In the Elizabethan era men's fashion had a general style but was also separated by peasants and Royalty.

Sports and games provided a much needed escape from the drear of everyday life. Recreation was surprisingly unique in the Southern Colonies compared to the New England and Middle Colonies because of a lack of restrictive religious groups. Though games were not as popular in early settlements, because of lack of free time and distances between settlers, they became more and more popular with increased wealth, larger populations, and a growth in towns. Games were played to offer a relief from some of the grimness of daily life, to offer mating rituals, to express resentment in a safe way, and to help promote village unity. Sports and games played a large role in the daily lives of the southern colonists and continues to be seen today.

In the 1920’s, workers began to have more leisure time in industrialized towns and cities which led to organized sports. The most popular sports were boxing, baseball, basketball, and football. Baseball was considered as the ‘national pastime’. Sports were racially segregated ion North Carolina. Women had limited opportunities to play sports.

During Elizabethan times, bear and bull baiting was a popular sport. It provided opportunities for members of all classes to gamble, even members of the royal family. Large amounts of money were pooled and betted on for each round that occurred. It was introduced to England during the 13th century and was prevalent until the 17th century. This entertainment lasted until the 19th century during 1835 when it was finally forbidden by the Parliament as a cruel activity.

A sport is an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment. Sports originated in early history as males only, and was often used to see which male was more dominant. In today’s society sports have a different meaning and is played by both genders, but still holds a mentality of superiority. In this essay, I will be arguing the Social Constructs of Masculinity in Sports in the language and the actions used when performing these activities through both genders and how some actions are acceptable for one gender and not for the other. Using Laurel Richardson’s article Gender Stereotyping in the English Language, and X: A Fabulous Child’s Story by Lois Gould. The article and story will help distinguish the use of words in our society and how they are incorporated in sport and how the actions of a person that does not fit the social standard faces repercussions for their actions.

Prior to the war the people saw sporting that included boxing, horse racing, cock fighting, etc. as a practice that was silly and only preformed by the lower domestic uncivilized class. There was even a resoultion passed which stated the colonies discouraged not only sports but also shows, plays, and all other expensive diversions with the war on the rise. After the war the people grew to understand how important it was to have a strong military and that sports could help to achieve this. On page 56 there is a quote which states that Washington promoted sports in 1777 in Norristown, Pennsylvaina: "Games of Exercise for amusm't, may not only be permitted but encouraged." Womens sports consisted of form of domestic labor such as husking bees

What sort of games did they play? Well, of course they played games but in describing wise, what games were mostly watched by the people in the town. Elizabethans games was also known for their prowess on varius sporting games. Archery was one of the popular games. People would eat and gather around an watch. Other noteworthy Elizabethan England sporting games including tennis, bowls, early golf, gameball, hammer-throwing, and sometimes wrestling. Those are the games that was popular and mostly played, which made it more interesting for the kingdom to fun things to

The tournaments was exciting and popular competitive forums where knights and other could test their mettle. The tournaments was the most popular social events then. Most people think that tournaments only have jousting. Tournaments also have team competitions called melees which is groups of fighters would compete on foot and on horseback. That is to display their skills in combatants.

The idea of amateurism in sport in nineteenth century England was also a point of segregation against the working class professionals

Actually, fighting bulls was a "popular activity" in the Middle Ages but it was an event that only the elite participated in, Seufert explains. On the occasion of marriages or other ceremonies of "honor" nobles on horses fought "…with long lances" to demonstrate how strong and noble they were (Seufert, p. 4). The bull has for centuries been a symbol of "power and fertility," and the in the first mentions of bullfighting in the literature, the Spanish "Poem of the Cid," a protagonist battles a bull (around 1040) at the marriage of the king's daughter (Seufert, p. 4).

They include jumping, wrestling, boxing and racing. The Romans did not have a ton of ball games. They had handball, field hockey, catch and a game that resembled soccer (Culture of Ancient Rome).

Tracking the culture of a society has always proven to be a challenge. Historians and archeologists may study artifacts, books, poetry, among other cultural legacies in an attempt to understand the beliefs and lives of previous generations. However, this has a certain level of inaccuracy towards the beliefs of the average person in that society. To speak to that point, I wish to introduce Gilbert and Sullivan. Gilbert and Sullivan were a pair of opera writers operating in England between 1871 and 1896. Their operas were so immensely popular with the British public that the world’s first building lit entire by lightbulbs, the Savoy Theater, was built for the purpose of housing the premiers of their operas. It is through this immense popularity with the common people that we can begin to understand the consciousness of the people of London at the time. In this case, Gilbert and Sullivan’s opera, Utopia Limited, can provide us with a clear picture of the Victorian view on a woman’s place in sports, and information on their beliefs on sports in general.