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Friday, 22 April 2022
quote [ 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. ]
Stirrup to stirrup and side by side
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TM said @ 3:00pm GMT on 22nd Apr
[Score:1 Insightful]
Practical experience can sometimes inform scholarly debate. I have significant experience with horses, and lemme tell you, stirrup irons (to be technical) are a game-changer. White's main error, I think, is crediting Europeans with the invention of the stirrup. Asian cultures, most especially the Mongols, had been using stirrups for much longer, and deserve the credit for inventing them.
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mechanical contrivance said @ 3:31am GMT on 23rd Apr
You mean this isn't about gynecologists?
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TM said @ 5:31pm GMT on 24th Apr
The truth is in there.
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