OT ~ When people still fought big government with commitment



May 31, 1678, Tax protester, Lady Godiva, rode naked through Coventry.
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    ... Subject: Lady Godiva "revealed"? ... Circa 1059/1062 her son, Alfgar, Earl of Mercia, died. ... Leofric was Earl from 1032 till 1057 and in this period Lady Godiva ... Coventry ---obtained its remission by riding naked through the ...
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    ... An Anglo-Saxon gentlewoman, patron of the arts, equestrienne, and tax ... Leofric, earl of Mercia, and husband of Lady Godiva, was a man of broad ... district of Coventry (pop. ... Circa 1059/1062 her son, Alfgar, Earl of Mercia, died. ...
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