History GCSE
Social class and leisure
What Social class and leisure means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Leisure varied significantly across social classes, with the nobility engaging in exclusive sports to demonstrate their status while the lower classes took part in brutal blood sports and rough games.
Topics that use Social class and leisure
- Option B4: Key topic 3: Elizabethan society in the Age of Exploration, 1558–88 - 1 Education and leisure (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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