How great you are, Godiva ..!!?.Lady Godiva painting by the English painter John Collier in 1898 .. .The painting tells a very sad story and incident.In England, in the Middle Ages, there was a lady named Godiva, the wife of Prince Leofric, one of the princes of England at that time.She asked her husband to reduce taxes on her poor people, but her husband, the prince, refused vehemently, and after much insistence from her, he agreed to her request on one condition:That she ride a horse and roam the streets of London naked to disable her, of course.The next day, the prince was surprised by one of his ministers telling him that Lady Godiva was on a horse naked, roaming the alleys of the city, and that the streets of London were completely empty.The streets of London were empty even though the princess was naked on her horse.This is because when the people learned the reason for her actions, they stayed in their homes and closed the doors and windows out of respect for her, and to preserve the honor of the lady who sacrificed for them.
