The cards themselves were full-length but the artwork was more sinister than our own the faces of the kings and naves, particularly on French cards, are quire frightening. Of course, not all pastimes involved gambling! Tudor people played many innocent indoor games and many more outdoor games. There was also an early form of tennis, played mostly by the nobility. These courts were very expensive to build and maintain, which meant that only the rich could play. Essentially, these were games where balls were hit with bats or hands.
Also, they would compete to drive the ball through rings set in the ground. And one would be happy to know that football was also played in the 16th century. Of course, it was not as regulated as today. It was played by tradesmen on fields outside their cities. Eventually, they would make their way onto city streets, a raucous and lively crowd.
This was played by two opponents who held long sticks. People also wrestled, though rules varied from town to town. Some people liked to kick their opponents in the shins while others only allowed holds above the waist. At royal courts and rich homes, these games of sword-play were splendidly done; at poorer homes, they were more simple — but equally entertaining.
Essentially, quintain was played thus — a wooden figure was placed on a pivot and, if not properly struck, it would spin around and hit the rider on the backside. However, most poorer quintains used a cross-bar on a pivot. On one end hung a bag of sand, on the other was a piece of wood. These games were played during the summer and winter months. There were also popular throwing games, resembling the modern horseshoes.
Of course, back then heavy weights injured unwary spectators at an alarming rate. The young king was known as the best archer in England. Henry VIII wanted to share his love of archery with all his countrymen — so he decreed that every male subject must keep a longbow in his home.
Fathers were also required to teach their sons to shoot properly. In this respect, Henry followed his own advice — Edward VI was a good archer as well. Most noblemen used the longbow when hunting, that great pastime of the rich. This was not confined to men — Mary queen of Scots and Elizabeth I were well-known for their love of hunting, and also good at it.
The shooters would not let the dogs attack the prey — rather, they tried to shoot their quarry. It was still considered an awful crime to hunt in royal forests; heavy fines and imprisonment resulted. Noblemen and church officials were allowed to kill one or two deer — but they had to blow a horn if there were no foresters around to prove they were not going to steal the deer.
To hunt, of course, one needed horses. Some of the most popular are still played today:. Banquets were a popular form of entertainment for the rich, but the poorer folk would also hold feasts on special occasions.
If there was a great public event such as a royal wedding then the monarch would pay for wine and food to be placed in the streets for the poor people to join in the celebrations. The diners would be entertained by mummers, jugglers, jesters or fire eaters. The seats around the wall enabled people to watch the play and kept them out of the worst of the weather. The cheapest places were in the so-called pit. This was the area in front of the stage.
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The General Belgrano. The End of the Falklands War. People had to make their own entertainment in Tudor times. They worked for most of the week, so entertainment was saved until Sundays when most people would have a day off. Tudor people went to watch plays in newly built, round theatres in the towns. The well-off sat in covered seats on each side, while poorer people stood up in an open area in front of the stage called the pit.
They laughed at the actors' jokes, or booed and jeered if they did not like the play. Only men could be actors so teenage boys played all the female parts dressed in women's clothes, wigs and make-up. Travelling musicians played in streets and market places, or found work in noble families' great houses. There, they played gentle music on flutes, lutes and viols, or sang madrigals songs with different parts for four or more people while lords and ladies at their meals.
This was followed by the latest lively tunes for dancing.
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