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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Lady Godiva
Godgifu. Godgifu or Godgyfu means 'God's Gift'.
Leofric, Earl of Mercia. He was one of the most powerful men in England at the time. They had one son, Ælfgar.
Coventry. Coventry is now a major city. A ilfesize bronze statue of Lady Godiva can be found in Broadgate in the city centre.
As a protest against excessive taxation on her townsfolk. The people of Coventry were subject to an unpopular tax called the 'Heregeld' which paid for King Canute's bodyguard and she pleaded with her husband to stop collecting it. He agreed do so only if she rode naked through the town and Godiva, taking him at his word, rode through the streets on Market Day, covered only by her long hair.
| According to the legend, what was the name of the man who watched Godiva’s ride and was struck blind? | Lady Godiva Rides Again!
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Tom. Tom, a tailor, ignored Godiva’s request for all the townsfolk to stay indoors and was ‘blinded by the wrath of Heaven’. He was the original Peeping Tom!
St. Eunice of Saxmundham. It was also dedicated to the Virgin Mary, St. Peter, St. Osburg and All Saints. Godiva, a very pious woman, gave the monastery many gifts and is said to have had all her gold and silver melted down and made into crosses, images of saints and other religious items.
| Godiva died in 1057, one of the five richest women in England. What was the value of her estates at her death? | Lady Godiva Rides Again!
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£160. That was a considerable fortune in Anglo-Saxon times!
| The Godiva Procession, an annual parade to commemorate Godiva’s historic ride was first instituted in which year? | Lady Godiva Rides Again!
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1678. A local woman is chosen to represent Godiva in the procession each year, usually modestly attired in a long robe or body stocking and long wig. In the early 19th Century the practice of innkeepers offering hospitality to ‘Godiva’ as she passed by had to stop as the fair lady often became too inebriated to stay on her horse!
Engineers. Godiva has been called the ‘Patron Saint of Engineers’ and the ‘Goddess of Engineering’.
Maureen O'Hara. Maureen O’Hara was a popular, flame-haired Irish actress.
Rode naked through the streets. Lady Godiva was an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who, according to legend, rode naked through the streets of Coventry in England in order to gain a remission of the oppressive toll imposed by her husband on his tenants.
Leofric. Leofric was the son of Ealdorman Leofwine of the Hwicce, who died in 1023. Leofric's elder brother, Northman, was killed in 1017, in the losing battles against Cnut.
Gift of God. The Old English name Godgifu or Godgyfu meant "gift of God"; Godiva was the Latinised version. Since the name was a popular one, there are contemporaries of the same name.
1057. Leofric died "at a good old age" in 1057 at his estate at King's Bromley in Staffordshire.
980. Various dates have been suggested for the birth of Godiva, none of them verifiable, she was born sometime between 980 and the turn of the century probably somewhere in England into a noble family.
True. Lady Godiva appealed again and again to her husband, who obstinately refused to remit the tolls. Finally, he said to her he would do as she asked if she were to strip naked and ride through the town. She did so but issued a proclamation that all people should keep within thier homes and shut their windows. She did the ride covered in only her long, golden hair.
A tailor. Only one person in the town, a tailor for ever afterwards known as 'Peeping Tom', disobeyed her proclamation in one of the most famous instances of voyeurism.
| Another version of the story does not state that Godiva rode the street with no clothes but something was missing from her outfit ... what was it? | Lady Godiva - The Legend
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Jewellery. Another theory has it that Lady Godiva's "nakedness" may refer to her riding through the streets stripped of her jewellery, the hallmark of her upper class rank.
| Lady Godiva is portrayed in an American programme, where she is brought back through time. What programme was this? | Lady Godiva - The Legend
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Charmed. In the 'Charmed' episode "The Bare Witch Project", a student in Magic School accidentally conjures Lady Godiva and Lord Dyson out of a history book. Later, Phoebe, inspired by Lady Godiva, decides to ride naked through a crowded street in support of women's liberation.
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