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Uncommon card · Society
Motte-and-bailey castle, an Uncommon card
A motte-and-bailey castle is a European fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised area of ground called a motte, accompanied by a walled courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 98
- Power
- 173
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 140,000
Power 173 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Motte-and-bailey castle quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Motte-and-bailey castle card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ introduced the design into England and Wales.
Answer
Normans. The Normans introduced the design into England and Wales. From the Motte-and-bailey castle article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Antonio Cassano. Antonio Cassano 86 · Chicago Loop 82 · Friendship 78 · Motte-and-bailey castle 75 ATK in WikiCards.
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.
- Relatively easy to build with unskilled labour, but still militarily formidable, these castles were built across northern Europe from the 10th century onwards, spreading from Normandy and Anjou in France, into the Holy Roman Empire, as well as the Low Countries it controlled, in the 11th century, when these castles were popularized in the area that became the Netherlands.
- The Normans introduced the design into England and Wales.
- Motte-and-bailey castles were adopted in Scotland, Ireland, and Denmark in the 12th and 13th centuries.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Motte-and-bailey castle article was read about 140,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 75 and blocks with 98: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get Motte-and-bailey castle
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Motte-and-bailey castle (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Lordoftheloch, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
