Lady Godiva: The Naked Horseback Rider of Coventry - a podcast by Icy Sedgwick

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Lady Godiva has been immortalised in some strange ways, giving her name both to a brand of chocolates and a line in Queen's 'Don't Stop Me Now'. Yet it's fascinating that the star of an 11th-century story continues to have an impact even now.



For some, she's simply the woman who rode naked through the streets of Coventry. To others, she's an icon of selfless actions to benefit the less privileged. The truth, we should suspect, is somewhat different—yet the story preserves the ethos, if not the actual fact, of what may have happened all those centuries ago.



So in this week's episode of Fabulous Folklore, let's go and meet Lady Godiva, and see if we can unravel some semblance of truth from the legends that have wrapped themselves around her...



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