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Anglo-Saxon charters, a Common card
Anglo-Saxon charters are documents from the early medieval period in England which typically made a grant of land or recorded a privilege.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 68
- Power
- 136
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 5,800
Ranked #2,202 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Anglo-Saxon charters quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Anglo-Saxon charters card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The term charter covers a range of ______ legal documentation, including diplomas, writs and wills.
Answer
written. The term charter covers a range of written legal documentation, including diplomas, writs and wills. From the Anglo-Saxon charters article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
2011 Wisconsin Supreme Court election. 2011 Wisconsin Supreme Court election 74 · Ace Magashule 71 · Anglo-Saxon charters 68 · William ap Thomas 65 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Battle of Lake Borgne. Battle of Lake Borgne 9,900 · Anglo-Saxon charters 5,800 · Fred H. Brown 2,900 · Roman Catholic Diocese of Grasse 720 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The earliest surviving charters were drawn up in the 670s: the oldest surviving charters granted land to the Church, but from the eighth century, surviving charters were increasingly used to grant land to lay people.
- The term charter covers a range of written legal documentation, including diplomas, writs and wills.
- A diploma was a royal charter that granted rights over land or other privileges by the king, whereas a writ was an instruction by the king which may have contained evidence of rights or privileges.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Anglo-Saxon charters article was read about 5,800 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 68: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Anglo-Saxon charters (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : University of Edinburgh Heritage Collection., CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
