GIA4792882: Saxon legend: Godiva (Lady Godiva or Godgifu), a Saxon woman who, at the beginning of the Year 1000, crossed naked on horseback the streets of Coventry in England, in order to convince her husband to reduce the taxes he levied to finance his military campaigns. From a painting by Jules-Joseph Lefebvre (1836-1911) of 1890 Engraving of the 19th century, Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images