Late Anglo-Saxon noblewoman Lady Godiva, also known in Old English as Godgifu, was a benefactor of numerous monasteries and places of worship and is fairly well recorded as the spouse of Leofric, Earl of Mercia. She is most widely recognised today for a narrative that dates to at least thirteenth century, according to which she rode through the roads of Coventry naked, exposing only her long hair, in an effort to have her husband, Leofric, remove the heavy taxes he had imposed on his subjects. N ... (Read More)