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Lady Godiva: The Woman, The Myth, The Legend

Painting of Lady Godiva on horseback by John Collier, c. 1897, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum. Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain.

Lady Godiva – we have all heard of this legendary noblewoman in one way or another purely through cultural osmosis.

Posted byOwen A. Jones22nd February 201922nd February 2019Posted inMedieval, Volume 8Tags: Coventry, Daniel Donoghue, Godgifu, Lady Godiva, Leofric, Medieval, Mercia, Nottingham, Robin Hood, Roger of Wendover, Thorold of Bucknall, West Midlands1 Comment on Lady Godiva: The Woman, The Myth, The Legend

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