Story of Coventry
Author: first_name: Mary Dormer
last_name: Harris
Language: English
Year: 1911

Nowadays best known for its bombing in WWII, the English city of Coventry was founded in the early Middle Ages. Earl Leofric and his wife Lady Godiva (famously riding naked through the streets) founded a Benedictine monastery in 1043, and over time, the city became a  major pilgrimage center. During the Wars of the Roses (1455 - 1487), the Royal Court was moved to Coventry and parliament was held in the city as well.

In this book Mary Dormer Harris follows Coventry's history through the Middl