Rebellion at Sainte-Croix, 590

Rebellion at Sainte-Croix, 590 is a Reacting to the Past  Microgame in development that examines conflict between nuns in the early medieval church. From 589-590 a group of forty nuns at the Abbey of Sainte-Croix in Poitiers, France rebelled against their abbess for months. They hired troops, kidnapped their abbess, and stole the abbey's relic, and refused to disband until soldiers defeated them. This game features the tribunal that followed the rebellion, in which bishops heard from the abbess and the rebels to determine who was at fault, why, and what penalties should be imposed. The game is designed to take 60 minutes in a college course with no advance preparation, with a group of 8 to 40+ students.