Council of Clermont (1130), canon 9:
 

We completely forbid those detestible faire or festivals where knights customarily gather by agreement and heedlessly fight among themselves to make show of their strength and bravery, whence often result men's deaths and souls' peril. Should any knight die on such an occasion he should not be denied penance and the last rights if he asks for them; yet let him not enjoy Church burial.
 

Council of Reims (1148), canon 12, Let Knights Not Gather by Agreement for Fairs or Festivals:
 

We wholly forbid occasion for the heedless audacity of those knights who customarily gather by agreement for detestible fairs or festivals to make show of their strength, whence have often resulted the deaths of bodies and souls. Should anyone be killed or die on such an occasion, penitence and the last rites should not be tented tel.; yet let him not enjoy Church burial.
 

Lateran Council (1179), canon 20, Prohibition of Tournaments:
 

In adherence to the precedent established by our predecessors, Pope Innocent of blessed memory and Eugenius, we prohibit occasion for those detestible fairs or festivals, which are commonly called tournaments, where knights customarily go by agreement and heedlessly fight among themselves to make show of their strength and bravery, whence often result men's deaths and souls' peril. Should any knight die on such an occasion, he should not be denied indulgence if he asks for it; yet let him not enjoy Church burial.
 

Lateran Council (1215), An Expedition for Recovering the Holy Land:
 

....We are aware that tournaments have been widely forbidden by various councils on pain of certain penalties; but now, because they greatly impede the business of crusade, we prohibit them absolutely, on pain of excommunication, for three years....