The Naked Truth of Lady Godiva
Lady Godiva is the epic movie Hollywood most needs to make, while churning out legions of crappy versions of Robin Hood and King Arthur. Unlike the former two the 11th century streaker has the distinction of actually having existed and recently a stained glass window with her face on was unearthed.
Pechenegs
One of my favourite people’s in history were the Pechenegs who lived near the Urals from about 600ce to 1200ce. They prove not all Steppes horse tribes are warmongering braindead psychos, the Pechenegs were intelligent cowards.
The Pechenegs were once asked by the Byzantine Emperor to attack the Seljuk Turks. Their return message read, “that since the the Turks were both numerous and fierce, they did not wish to do this, and furthermore, they hoped the Byzantine emperor would be so tactful as to never mention the matter again.”
