Which monarch said Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest'?
Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest? misconstrue as a directive to assassinate the main character. Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest? Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest? (sometimes expressed as troublesome or meddlesome priest) is an utterance attributed to Henry II of England, which led to the death of Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, in 1170. While it was not expressed as an order, it caused four knights to travel from Normandy to Canterbury, where they killed Becket. The phrase is now used to express the idea that a ruler's wish can be interpreted as a command by his
Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest? he sustained from one turbulent priest." In "The Chronicle of the Kings of England" (1821) it becomes "Will none of these lazy insignificant persons, whom I maintain, deliver me from this turbulent priest?", which is then shortened to "who shall deliver me from this turbulent priest?" No such phrase is spoken in T. S. Elliot's 1932 play "Murder in the Cathedral", because Henry does not appear in that play. In Jean Anouilh's 1959 play "Becket" Henry says, "Will no one rid me of him? A priest! A priest who jeers at me and does me injury." In the 1964 film