Here is a contemporaneous control effort: We prohibit under anathema that murderous art of crossbowmen and archers, which is hateful to God, to be employed aga

Here is a contemporaneous control effort: We prohibit under anathema that murderous art of crossbowmen and archers, which is hateful to God, to be employed against Christians and Catholics from now on. Canon 29, 2nd Lateran Council, held 1139, under Pope Innocent II The council also forbade "jousts and tournaments". Apparently the original text has not survived, so only secondary sources and translations are available, some of which vary. In any case, the prohibition appears to have been ineffective.