Question

A chronicler says he won’t discuss “the awful things” that participants in this event “did to ladies” and then immediately says they killed a woman’s husband, roasted him on a spit, raped her, and tried to feed her his flesh. After coming from a crusade in Prussia, Gaston Phoebus and the Captal de Buch (“BOOSH”) helped end this event by saving a besieged market-town. In the reprisals after this event, the protagonist of Barbara Tuchman’s (“TUCK-minz”) A Distant Mirror held his first military command. This event, which occurred in the Oise (“WAHZ”) Valley, got its name from a padded surplice (“SUR-pliss”) used by participants as armor. This event ended after a failed assault on Meaux (“MOH”) and a battle at Mello. This event, in which Charles the Bad betrayed a promise of safe passage to Guillaume Cale (“gee-YOHM KAHL”), began with popular resentment after John II’s capture at Poitiers (“PWAH-tee-ay”). For 10 points, what peasant uprising (-5[1])arose during the Hundred Years’ War in northern France? ■END■

ANSWER: The Jacquerie [prompt on Guillaume Cale’s rebellion or William Kale’s rebellion or Guillaume Caillet’s rebellion until “Guillaume Cale” is read; prompt on synonyms such as uprising or revolt in place of “rebellion”] (The chronicler was Jean Le Bel.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Anirudh BharadwajPenn AWUSTL B147-5

Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y10%0%100%0.00