| In
the 14th century, Lady Godiva was the wife of Leofric, the Lord
of Coventry, in England. She pleaded with her husband to lower
the taxes on the townspeople. Knowing that she was a very modest
woman, he stated that he would not oblige unless she rode her
white horse naked though the middle of town. Lady Godiva isssued
a proclamation that all people should remain in their homes with
their windows shut while she rode naked with only her blonde tresses
covering her naked body. After she accomplished this feat, her
husband kept his word and abolished the taxes. |
