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Stirrup Stir-Up

How an experimental take on stirrups—a.k.a. the things you put your feet in while riding on a horse—led to a longstanding debate among historians.

Apr 20, 2022

 Related Tags: history, horses, stirrup, Medieval Technology and Social Change, Lynn White, Jr., Society for the History of Technology, Marshall McLuhan

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