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What (who) is Lady Godiva - definition
Lady Godiva
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![In ''Lady Godina's Rout'' (1796), [[James Gillray]] appealed to the Godiva legend in caricaturing the fashions of the time.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lady-Godinas-Route-Gillray.jpeg?width=200 "In ''Lady Godina's Rout'' (1796), [[James Gillray]] appealed to the Godiva legend in caricaturing the fashions of the time.")
![[[Jules Joseph Lefebvre]], ''Lady Godiva'', 1891](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lady godiva full.jpg?width=200 "[[Jules Joseph Lefebvre]], ''Lady Godiva'', 1891")
![''Lady Godiva'': [[Edmund Blair Leighton]] depicts her moment of decision (1892)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leighton-Lady Godiva.jpg?width=200 "''Lady Godiva'': [[Edmund Blair Leighton]] depicts her moment of decision (1892)")
![Maidstone Museum]], Kent](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maidstone 018.jpg?width=200 "Maidstone Museum]], Kent")
-p20.png?width=200 "Wooden statue of Peeping Tom exhibited for the Coventry parade. Sketch by W. Reader (from an 1826 article)")
![[[Marshall Claxton]]: ''Lady Godiva'' (1850), [[the Herbert]], Coventry](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Claxton - Lady Godiva 1850.jpg?width=200 "[[Marshall Claxton]]: ''Lady Godiva'' (1850), [[the Herbert]], Coventry")
![Maidstone Museum]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maidstone 019.jpg?width=200 "Maidstone Museum]]")
![shift]]. Engraving by J.B. Allen after G. Jones.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The semi-naked Lady Godiva sitting on a horse having slipper Wellcome V0040010.jpg?width=200 "shift]]. Engraving by J.B. Allen after G. Jones.")
ANGLO-SAXON NOBLEWOMAN, COUNTESS OF LEICESTER
Peeping tom; Peeping Tom of Coventry; Godiva; Aethenoth; Pru Porretta; Lady Godiva in popular culture; Lady Godiva in Popular Culture; Godgifu of Mercia; Godgyfu; Peeping Tom; Godiva, Countess of Mercia; Godiva Countess of Mercia
Lady Godiva (; died between 1066 and 1086), in Old English , was a late Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who is relatively well documented as the wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, and a patron of various churches and monasteries. Today, she is mainly remembered for a legend dating back to at least the 13th century, in which she rode naked – covered only in her long hair – through the streets of Coventry to gain a remission of the oppressive taxation that her husband, Leofric, imposed on his tenants.
Lady Godiva in popular culture
ANGLO-SAXON NOBLEWOMAN, COUNTESS OF LEICESTER
Peeping tom; Peeping Tom of Coventry; Godiva; Aethenoth; Pru Porretta; Lady Godiva in popular culture; Lady Godiva in Popular Culture; Godgifu of Mercia; Godgyfu; Peeping Tom; Godiva, Countess of Mercia; Godiva Countess of Mercia
Lady Godiva was an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who, according to legend, rode naked through the streets of Coventry, in England, covering herself only with her long hair, in order to gain a remission of the oppressive taxation imposed by her husband on his tenants. Because of the growth of the legend, Lady Godiva has since entered popular culture in a number of countries.
peeping tom
ANGLO-SAXON NOBLEWOMAN, COUNTESS OF LEICESTER
Peeping tom; Peeping Tom of Coventry; Godiva; Aethenoth; Pru Porretta; Lady Godiva in popular culture; Lady Godiva in Popular Culture; Godgifu of Mercia; Godgyfu; Peeping Tom; Godiva, Countess of Mercia; Godiva Countess of Mercia
n. a person who stealthily peeks into windows, holes in restroom walls or other openings with the purpose of getting a sexual thrill from seeing women or girls undressed or couples making love. The term comes from the legendary Tom who was the one person who peeked when Lady Godiva rode her horse naked through the streets of Coventry to protest taxes. Being a peeping tom is treated as a crime based on sexual deviancy, with various names in different states. It forms the basis for a lawsuit by the victim on the basis of invasion of privacy.
Examples of use of Lady Godiva
1. And they were in no doubt about the existence of King Arthur, Lady Godiva, Robin Hood and Dick Turpin.
2. Ms Jewson started to write her Lady Godiva script straight after her A–levels and decided to ditch plans for university in order to concentrate on film–making.
3. By chance, she meets gorgeous cad Michael Bartle, played by Matthew Chambers, a notorious playboy who owns the world–famous horse Lady Godiva.
4. To internet users, the British journalist Petronella Wyatt was a combination of Messalina (the Roman Empire‘s most famous prostitute) and Lady Godiva with a bad case of bipolar hypomania.
5. But Phoebe Thomas was stripping off not to shock but in the name of art as she and a film crew shot a very modern re–telling of the Lady Godiva legend.