这些金属马镫拯救了欧洲，骑兵们受封骑士，从此名垂青史。
The stirrup saved Europe, and these new mounted cavalry were celebrated forever after as knights.
说金属马镫创造了中世纪的欧洲也许有点儿言过其实，但也绝不是吹牛。
Saying that the stirrup created medieval Europe is a stretch, but not a big one.
即便是在金属马镫的优势消失之后的很长一段时间里，那些为了维持骑兵队伍而出现的社会、经济以及法律系统仍然持续了一千多年。
The social, economic, and legal systems that developed to support the mounted troops persisted for nearly a thousand years, long after the actual advantage of the stirrup had been neutralized.
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