A Study on the Features of Sports in Medieval England
The close link between sports and society is an important entry point to study the history and culture of a particular region.As an important stage of traditional sports,the medieval English sports developed its own characteristics such as diver-sification of sources,military style of sports,hierarchical consumption and groups based on gender,which were influenced by natural environment,historical experiences,political system,social structure and ideological system,etc.in its development.Objectively,sports enriched the social life,released people's pressure and played an important role in adjusting social relations and stabilizing the feudal hierarchical system.