Social Class Sports In The Victorian Era

Most Victorian social classes had different experiences in everyday life. These classes were ranked from the lowest to the highest standards, leaving this era to be more “organized” in hierarchy. Evidently, there are many differences in their society such as, extracurricular activities, educational opportunities, government, relationships, sibling connections, and household responsibilities. First of all, sporting is one of the major hobbies that took place in the early/mid nineteenth century. These activities were “idealized for a tranquil society” (Anderson 1). Horse racing was a popular spectator sport that was regulated and standardized in the eighteenth century. The upper class practiced archery and received this idea from battling military soldiers in the year 1346 (Anderson 6). Other upper class sports were rowing and yachting which also took place in the eighteenth century. Some of the lower class sports were on land; these sports were football and rounders. As a result of being working class sports, they varied from village to village (Anderson 8).
Secondly, the government was generally
Scientists had great progress when it came to medical science, this was helped by old ideas that were kept in mind to try and figure out (Swisher 103). In the nineteenth century, Victorians were said to invent physics. This included the study of light, math, heat, sound, and magnetism (Swisher 101). Other medical breakthroughs were held up by adherence to old beliefs such as, anesthesia during surgery or childbirth. This however, began in America and in the 1840’s spread to England. Research was constantly made to provide new information to the subject of geology. This was further studied with the ability to investigate fossils (Swisher 100-103). When the information about all of these studies were published, they were put into public magazines to reveal their discoveries (Swisher