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Who Killed Lady Godiva?

April 26, 2017godiva Killed lady

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Who Killed Lady Godiva?

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Summary: The legend of Lady Godiva has been around for the best part of 900 years, but in the last century of so her story has been fading from sight. It’s a bit hard to understand why a story resonant with eroticism, voyerism and exhibitionism should lose currency in the 21st Century, but according to the medievalist, Professor Daniel Donoghue, it’s what is happening. His latest book traces the origins of the legend from blasphemous parody to Queen Victoria favourite, and then to Dr’s Seuss and Freud.