The surprisingly modern Middle Ages
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The Great Stirrup Controversy
There are times in the middle ages of rapid technological innovation, and some of these have profound social consequences. The printing press is not that dissimilar to the iphone and social media. These two things have comparably massive effects on western society. And i think it's a comparable a shift in the way that people interact with one another to the modern prevalence of smart phones which can run social media.
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