komunikacja: Lady Godiva

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Lady Godiva (; died between 1066 and 1086), in Old English Gōdgifu, was a late Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who is relatively well documented as the wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, and a patron of various churches and monasteries. She is mainly remembered for a legend dating back to at least the 13th century, in which she rode naked – covered only by her long hair – through the streets of Coventry to gain a remission of the oppressive taxation that her husband, Leofric, imposed on his tenants. The name "Peeping Tom" for a voyeur originates from later versions of this legend, in which a man named Thomas watched her ride and was struck blind or dead.

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Lady Godiva is a 1911 American silent historical drama film directed by J. Stuart Blackton and produced by Vitagraph Studios in Brooklyn, New York. Its scenario is based on a legendary incident in the life of Godiva, Countess of Mercia, who lived in England during the mid-11th century. Allegedly, the Anglo-Saxon noblewoman rode naked—covered only by her long hair—through the streets of Coventry to protest and abolish an oppressive tax imposed on that town's residents by her husband, Leofric, Earl of Mercia. The film, copies of which survive today, stars Julia Swayne Gordon in the title role with a supporting cast including Robert Maillard, Harold Wilson, and Kate Price.

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Coventry ( KOV-ən-tree or rarely KUV-) is a cathedral city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county, in England, on the River Sherbourne. Coventry had been a large settlement for centuries. Founded in the early Middle Ages, its city status was formally recognised in a charter of 1345. The city is governed by Coventry City Council, and the West Midlands Combined Authority. Formerly part of Warwickshire until 1451, and again from 1842 to 1974, Coventry had a population of 345,324 at the 2021 census, making it the tenth largest city in England and the 13th largest in the United Kingdom. It is the second largest city in the West Midlands region, after Birmingham, from which it is se…

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Leofric (died 31 August or 30 September 1057) of Mercia founded monasteries at Coventry and Much Wenlock and was a very powerful earl under King Cnut and his successors. Leofric was the husband of Godgifu (upon whom the Lady Godiva legend is based).

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Godiva or Lady Godiva was an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who, according to legend, rode naked through the streets of Coventry, in England, in order to gain a remission of the oppressive taxation imposed by her husband on his tenants. Godiva or Lady Godiva may also refer to:

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Godiva Preparing to Ride through Coventry is an oil on canvas history painting by the British artist George Jones, from 1833. It depicts Lady Godiva, the eleventh century Anglo-Saxon noblewoman known for her naked ride through Coventry. Jones was a veteran of the Napoleonic Wars and best known for his battle paintings. The painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition at Somerset House in 1833. A review in The Times considered it "a picture of great merit; fanciful, cleverly imagined, and painted with no mean skill". Today the painting is in the collection of the Tate Britain in Pimlico, having been gifted to the nation by Robert Vernon in 1847 as part of the Vernon Gift.…

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Lady Godiva is an 1850 history painting by the British artist Marshall Claxton. It depicts the eleventh century Anglo-Saxon noblewoman Lady Godiva, shortly before her naked horseback ride through the streets of Coventry. It shows Godiva about to mount her horse to protest against her husband's policies. The painting drew inspiration from the 1840 poem by Alfred Tennyson which revived interest in the legend. Edwin Landseer may have been influenced by Claxton's painting for his own work Lady Godiva's Prayer. Today the painting is in the collection of the Herbert Art Gallery, having been acquired in 1958.

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Lady Godiva's Prayer is an 1865 history painting by the British artist Edwin Landseer. It depicts Lady Godiva, the noblewoman famous for her nude ride through the streets of Coventry. Godiva who made the naked procession in protest against harsh policies against the people is shown mounted on horseback sidesaddle saying a prayer before she begins. An elderly serving woman stands nearby with her eyes closed. Although the costume of the servant resembles those of 17th-century Dutch genre paintings rather those of the 11th century of Godiva. In the distance is the spire of St Michael's, later Coventry Cathedral. Landseer began the painting in the late 1840s, when a poem by Alfred Tennyson brou…