The thought and career of 19 medievalists, some of whom are very well known figures in medieval history, philology, and literature Ernst Kantorowicz, Fran<,c>ois Louis Ganshof, Georges Duby, Marc Bloch, and Etienne Gilson among them are described in essays contributed by an international group of scholars. Derived from a conference, "Great Medievalists of the 20th century," held in Navarre, Spain in May 2003, the majority of the essays have been thoroughly revised and heavily annotated. Several of the essays are in French. The volume is not indexed. Distributed in the US by the David Brown Book Company. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)