lady godiva

Türkisch - Türkisch

Definition von lady godiva im Türkisch Türkisch wörterbuch

Kocası Chester Kontu Leofric'in koyduğu ağır vergileri kaldırtabilmek için, bir at üzerinde Coventry kentini çırılçıplak dolaşmış efsanevi ingiliz kadın

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von lady godiva im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

{i} (c. 1040-1080) English noblewoman who (according to legend) rode naked through the streets of Coventry (England) to spare its citizens from a tax to be imposed by her husband

an 11th-century British woman of high rank who, according to old stories, rode a horse through Coventry with no clothes on as a protest, to persuade her husband to lower the local taxes. flourished 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 rider with the historical Godiva. According to the legend, Leofric, exasperated over Godiva's ceaseless imploring that he reduce Coventry's heavy taxes, declared he would do so if she rode naked through the crowded marketplace. She did so, her long hair covering all of her body except her legs; as a result Leofric removed all tolls except those on horses. A later chronicle asserts that Godiva required the townsmen to remain indoors at the time fixed for her ride. Peeping Tom, a citizen who looked out his window, became part of the legend in the 17th century, and in most accounts he was struck blind or dead

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la·dy Go·di·va

Türkische aussprache

leydi gıdayvı

Aussprache

/ˈlādē gəˈdīvə/ /ˈleɪdiː ɡəˈdaɪvə/