Everyone knows of Lady Godiva’s naked ride. BUT early historians insist she wore a shift, medieval slip. Anglo-Saxon naked “naecad” meant improperly clothed which could mean no clothes or just a shift. Had she ridden bare “baer,” she would indeed have been nude. My picture book manuscript is The True Lady Godiva. Lady Godiva – 1010AD to about 1077AD. After the penance ride, her husband lowered tolls on Coventry. Among her famous descendants are William Shakespeare and Daniel Webster. And me—she is also my great…grandmother.
C. T. Suddeth 
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