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The development of sport throughout the industrial revolution and in the post industrial age.
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Introduction In this assignment I will be talking about how sport has developed from pre industrial revolution to my post industrial revolution. And also going to talk about the development of governing bodies and briefly the development of one sport. Time line of sport Medieval period (1200 - 1485) * People had little time or energy for recreational activities * Leisure time activities were originally confined to feast days * Games were local in nature, each village having its own particular activities for feast days * From time to time the government banned traditional activities in favour of archery training Tudor and Stuart period (1485 - 1714) * Traditional folk games and activities flourished in Tudor times * Puritanism greatly reduced the opportunities to play and types of activity allowed * After the restoration in 1660, traditional activities were revived * Sport moved away from its former links with merrymaking and lawlessness Hanoverian period...
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