Posted on 08/09/2023 6:40:50 PM PDT by Ozguy1945
Lady Godiva and her hubby, Leofric, the Earl Of Mercia were both generous to Christian religious houses. He established a Benedictine monastery in Coventry. She gave gold and silver jewelry to monasteries. One necklace was hung on the neck of the Virgin Mary. The first known Rosary-like string of prayer beads was made by her. That's history.
Different times.
According to legend, LG was deeply troubled by oppressive taxation of the people by her husband and entreated him again and again to lower taxes but he refused. However she persisted and eventually he gave in on the condition that she rode naked through the streets of the town. She issued a proclamation ordering people to shut their windows and stay inside.
Lady Godiva sounds like a great libertarian opponent of over-government to me.
A role for Nicole Kidman?
(Excerpt) Read more at freedom-demokrasi-and-civilised-humanity.com ...
Here is a quickly done response to your wonderful
“Lady Godiva, taking off your clothes,
Wonder how you manage to beat your foes?
Who finds the money to pay all that tax?
Did you think the taxes had hit the max?
Friday night arrives without a tax case,
Sunday morning you talk to your hun,
Monday you ride through the town all naked—
See the horse run...”
(btw my reading of the Lady Godiva legend is that it is about how sex can stop in marriage ..... the Earl must have been pretty desperate to get her clothes off)
Lady Godiva, husband wants your breast
Wonders if he’ll see it ever again
What we get from you is never ending
Unlike modern porn, most eyes were closed
So you are a tax victims legend
See how they gun
To make tax run
Lady Godiva, men are at your feet
Wondering if heaven is where we will meet
That works too 😇
McCartney wasn’t married to Jane Asher; they did date, if I recall.
Do you e mail them? 😆😁😚😊😄
Works and Mary worship isn’t going to get you in heaven.
More like chain mail them.
Was this OF 1.0?
👍
I’m 22 generations removed from her...why couldn’t I have found in my genealogy a warrior? No, I got Lady Godiva...
LOL!
What a wonderful story! Like so many that we knew growing up I’m afraid it’ll be lost to future generations. Too dated!
“Was this OF 1.0?”
Sorry, I do not understand.
What is OF?
“I’m 22 generations removed from her..”
amazing
please tell me more
On the Locke Family line from London our lineage from Ancestry led to Coventry and Lady Godiva...that’s all I know except it was 22 generations removed.
God’ll get you for that, Walter.
Is it too late for an epic cage fight: Peter and Gordon versus Chad and Jeremy?
Looks like we’re related (LOL!)
Leofric III and his wife Godiva are my 37th grand grandparents.
Hello Cuz!!
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