著名德国社会学家诺贝特·埃利亚斯在《宫廷社会》一书中阐述了历史学研究和社会学研究各自的优点和缺点,认为只有将社会学研究与历史学研究结合起来才是理想的研究方法。因此他以“构型”理论探讨了西欧尤其是法国宫廷社会的形成过程,奠定了其社会学研究的基础,并在西方学术界最早专门探讨了西欧的宫廷社会。 Well-known German sociologist Norbert Elias in the “court society” a book elaborated on the history of research and sociological research their respective strengths and weaknesses, that only the sociological and historical research is combined Ideal research method. Therefore, he discussed the formation process of the court community in Western Europe, especially the French court with the theory of “configuration ”, laid the foundation of its sociological study and first discussed the court society of Western Europe in western academic circles.