A high-ranking social class, having special privileges and influence

A person in a culture believed by those in another culture to be savage, primitive, or uncivilized

A disaster with widespread effects

The order of events in time

Any of the several attempts of medieval European Christians to recover and then defend the Holy Land in and around Jerusalem from the Muslims

The spreading or wide scattering of something

a system of economic and political organization, as in Europe in the Middle Ages, in which one person would pledge to support another person; for example, a knight might pledge to fight when needed in exchange for land from the king

a part of a town or city in which members of a particular religion, nationality, ethnic group, or race are forced by law, social, or economic pressures to live

The support, guardianship, or sponsorship provided by patrons, as of artistic endeavors, museums, and the like

To change the structure or organization of

A falling off or loss, a movement downward

To fall down or give way; to stop functioning or end suddenly

An acceptance of religious diversity