[2] Lady Godiva: The naked truth, BBC News, 24 August, 2001, 15:31 GMT 第13段落目 Regrettably, though, the story of Lady Godiva's ride is almost certainly a myth.
Hartland, E. Sydney, Science of Fairy Tales, (1890), p.75 コヴェントリー市の年代記の写本より抜粋："31 May 1678, being the great Fair at Coventry.. and Ja. Swinnertons Son represented Lady Godiva"
Paul M. Rapin de Thoyras 著, Thomas, N. Tindal 英訳 "The History of England" Vol. I, 2nd ed. 1732年版 p.135, "Notwithstanding, there was one, who could not forebear giving a look.."
Pennant, Thomas, "The Journey from Chester to London" 1811年版 p.190, "the curiousity of a certain taylor overcoming his fear, he took a single peep"（この版では、すでにこのころ絹ではなく綿衣がつかわれている、と脚注する）
Dugdale, William (1686年没) , Monasticon Anglicanum (Bohn, 1846), Vol. III, p.177。"1043年"の記述は, 付録 Num. IV のアレクサンダー教皇勅書にみえ、また、建立勅令の異本では 1044年, 1051年]
[1] Coe, Charles. "Lady Godiva: The Naked Truth." Harvard Magazine. July-Aug. 2003 (July 28, 2008) 第2段落目 But as it happens, most medieval scholars agree the ride never took place.
[3] Why did Lady Godiva take a naked horse ride? 第2ページの最終段落 Too bad it's not true. On the next page, we'll take a closer look at the story and see why historians have discounted it. 第3ページの第5段落目 Therefore, Godiva's ride never happened because there simply was no need for her to prove anything.
Ingulph's (?) Historia Croylandensis (she was 'tunc fœminarum pulcherrima sic corde sanctissima"), Hales & Furnival 編 "Leoffricus"序、p.473 で引用; "a most beautiful and devout lady," (Gentleman's Mag. Lib. 4, p.110)
