The Hospitallers, The Mediterranean and Europe: Festschrift for Anthony Luttrell Edited by Karl Borchardt, Nikolas Jaspert and Helen J. Nicholson Anyone who studies the Hospitallers or the history of the late medieval Mediterranean will know Anthony Luttrell either in person or through his numerous publications. Anthony Luttrell's 75th birthday falls in October 2007; it is an established custom in the academic world that this occasion should be celebrated by the publication of a festschrift. As each of the three editors has profited greatly over many years from Anthony Luttrell's expertise and generous friendship, we decided to organise this collection of essays as a mark of appreciation and gratitude. Twenty-one friends and colleagues from ten different countries have been able to write papers in time. In keeping with the nature of the volume and as an expression on the individual contributors' appreciation to its intended recipient, the editors allowed contributors to select their own topic, rather than attempting to impose a structure. The result is a wide-ranging and sometimes controversial collection of papers, whose subjects range from the period of the first crusades in the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries to the beginnings of the Early Modern period in the sixteenth century and even touch upon present-day problems of the military-religious orders. Not only are the Eastern Mediterranean, Cyprus, Rhodes and Malta discussed but also the possessions and problems of the various military-religious orders in their European bases, from the Iberian Peninsula and Ireland in the West to Hungary and the Levant in the east. We know that this is only a small and by no means representative sample of scholars from all over the world who are grateful for all the inspiration and information they owe to Anthony Luttrell. It sheds some light on Anthony Luttrell's remarkable achievement that no single editor felt able to master such a long span of time and so many different geographical and social settings. Michael Gervers has written an introductory essay pointing out some important topics and merits of Anthony Luttrell's research. […]