从比武大赛看骑士与教会的冲突

The Tournament in the Middle Age:a Case Serving to Help Probing into the Conflict Between the Church and the Knights

比武大赛是西欧中世纪骑士生活中重要的军事行为和社会活动 ,历代的骑士们为了各自的利益和喜好积极地投身于这项活动 ,使其在西欧的历史中延续了数百年。教会出于自身的观念和利益曾对比武大赛予以强烈抨击和禁止。围绕比武大赛所表现出的冲突 ,反映了骑士和教会双方社会利益和思想观念的差别和矛盾。尽管双方在比武大赛方面最终达成了妥协 ,但从中所揭示的现象可引发我们对西欧中世纪社会的其它问题进行更深入的思考。

The Tournament is an important social activity for knights in the Middle Age of Western Europe and had been strongly opposed by the Church. The conflicts resulting from tournament revealed the difference in interest and ideology between knights and the Church.