Question

In 1022, Robert II ordered 14 people in this city be burned at the stake for heresy, the first such punishment in Western Europe. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this city whose university was established in 1306 by Pope Clement V. The Battle of the Herrings gets its name from the supplies sent to forces besieging this city.
ANSWER: Orléans
[10e] This woman rallied French troops during the Siege of Orléans. She was burned at the stake by the English in 1431.
ANSWER: Joan of Arc [or Jeanne d’Arc; or Jehanne d’Arc; prompt on Joan or Jeanne or Jehanne]
[10m] This graduate of the University of Orléans went into hiding after his colleague Nicolas Cop gave a heretical address in 1533. Twenty years later, this theologian condemned Michael Servetus.
ANSWER: John Calvin [or Jean Calvin; or Jehan Cauvin]
<Michael Bentley, History - European - Middle Ages&gt; ~22556~ &lt;Editor: Hari Parameswaran>

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