becket

Becket (through Becket Price guide) told us what the market price was back then, only that it wasn't.

A figure 8 bend is a _very_ secure way to attach two ropes together (again, also worth learning a simpler alternative like the becket bend).

I thought the Thomas Becket reference was brilliant and spot on.

Becket wore a hair shirt under his gold and crimson, and there is much to be said for the combination; for Becket got the benefit of the hair shirt while the people in the street got the benefit of the crimson and gold.

Nobody, even at the time, believed that Henry directly ordered that Becket be killed — Henry was condemned because his words had started a chain of events that was likely to have such a result.

You can see this use in a great deal of literature which uses the em-dash to introduce dialog in place of quotes, I believe Becket would apply but it has been years since I have read him so can not say for certain.

Meanwhile, Perec's "La disparition" or Becket's "Molloy" are more about style tricks.

The basic idea goes back a loooooong time, at least to 1170 when Henry II of England asked, "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?" (meaning Thomas Becket).

Eg, to be rid of a turbulent priest, you'd place a bet that Thomas Becket will live to see the year 1171, which is a "good" outcome to bet on happening.

Worse, given the degree of sycophancy in the population, there's always a risk of any viral meme resulting in what happened with King Henry II of England saying "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?"[0] (the priest, Thomas Becket, was killed).

Because again, putting aside the historical interpretation of Becket's murder, it didn't involve doxxing, and what it did involve would already be criminal today.

But the balance was not always in one man's body as in Becket's; the balance was often distributed over the whole body of Christendom.

That may be your mantra so you can get to sleep, but even if true, Becket's murder reminds us that underlings may consider them orders.