Godiva, Lady — The wife of Earl Leofric of Mercia, and a devout and generous patron of churches and abbeys, she was Lady of Coventry in her own right. She died in 1067 and about a 100 years after her death, Roger of Wendover, a monk of St Alban s, told how… … A Dictionary of English folklore
Godiva, Lady — flourished с 1040–1080 Anglo Saxon gentlewoman famous for her legendary ride nude through Coventry, Eng. She was the wife of Leofric, earl of Mercia (d. 1057), with whom she founded a monastery at Coventry. There is no evidence connecting the… … Universalium
GODIVA, LADY — wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia and Lord of Coventry, who pled in vain with her husband on behalf of the inhabitants of the place for relief from heavy exactions he had laid upon them, till one day he relented and consented he would grant her… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Lady Godiva — Godiva Lady Godiva, par John Collier, 1898 Godiva (Lady Godiva, aussi appelée Godgifu) était une dame saxonne qui, d après la légende, a traversé nue à cheval les rues de Coventry, en Angleterre, vers l an 1000, afin de convaincre son mari de… … Wikipédia en Français
Godiva — (izg. godȃjva/ob. godȋva), Lady DEFINICIJA pov. knjiž. anglosaska plemkinja iz 11. st. čuvena po tome što je uvijena samo u svoje duge kose gola projahala kroz grad Coventry kako bi prisilila muža Leofrica da smanji namete svojim podanicima;… … Hrvatski jezični portal
Godiva — Cet article concerne la personnalité. Pour les autres significations, voir Godiva (homonymie). Lady Godiva, par John Collier, 1898 Godiva (Lady Godiva … Wikipédia en Français
Lady Godiva — Para otros usos de este término, véase Godiva. Lady Godiva, por John Collier, ca 1897. Lady Godiva (principios del siglo XI) fue una dama anglosajona, famosa por su belleza y su bondad casada con Leofric (968–1057), conde de Chester y de … Wikipedia Español
Lady Godiva — noun according to legend she rode naked through Coventry in order to persuade her husband not to tax the townspeople so heavily; the only person to look at her as she rode by was a man named Tom and Peeping Tom has become a synonym for voyeur… … Useful english dictionary
lady — ladyhood, n. ladyish, adj. ladyishly, adv. ladyishness, n. ladyless, adj. /lay dee/, n., pl. ladies, adj. n. 1. a woman who is refined, polite, and well spoken: She may be poor and have little education, but she s a real lady. 2. a woman of high… … Universalium
Lady — (Voz inglesa.) ► sustantivo femenino Título británico de honor que se da a las señoras de la nobleza. IRREG. plural ladys tb:ladi * * * lady (ingl.; pronunc. [léidi]) f. *Tratamiento dado en Inglaterra a las señoras de la nobleza. * * * lady.… … Enciclopedia Universal