print email comment close Lady Godiva: The Naked Truth URL: http://harvardmagazine.com/2003/07/lady-godiva-the-naked-tr.html Description: This article examines the myth of Lady Godiva's ride, which she is claimed to have taken when her husband told her "he would lower taxes when she rode a horse, naked, through the streets ... [of Coventry] at midday." The article states that "most medieval scholars agree the ride never took place." The article also discusses the role of "Peeping Tom," "who doesn't even appear ... until the seventeenth century." From the Harvard Magazine. Author: Coe, Charles Publisher: Harvard Magazine, Inc. Extra Keywords Leofric Godifu taxation Library of Congress Subject Headings: Godiva, Lady, fl. 1040-1080 Legends Middle Ages People LII Database Information: Record 21045 created by Maria Brandt on 03/27/2006 Last modification on 05/23/2008 Published: 03/30/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/21045