alice2 · @aliceenamour
183 followers · 668 posts · Server thicc.horse

The time when a naked lady ridding a horse made a difference to .

image: by , 1897

history.com/news/who-was-lady-

#tenants #ladygodiva #johncollier #painting

Last updated 1 year ago

Photofan9000 · @Photofan9000
80 followers · 332 posts · Server mastodon.social

Out & about in Coventry - visits to to museum & art gallery & the old & new cathedrals.

#coventry #museum #art #artgallery #cathedral #coventrycathedral #ladygodiva

Last updated 2 years ago

MelancholyBear · @melancholybear
15 followers · 137 posts · Server mastodon.world

"[H]er husband, in exasperation over her ceaseless imploring that he reduce Coventry’s heavy taxes, declared he would do so if she rode naked through the crowded marketplace. She did so, her hair covering all of her body except her legs [...] as a result Leofric freed the town from all tolls save those on horses."

britannica.com/biography/Lady-

#ancienthistory #history #ladygodiva #godiva #taxes

Last updated 2 years ago

Gomez :baner: · @gomez
4362 followers · 3191 posts · Server toot.wales