Jacques Le Goff

A prolific medievalist of international renown, Jacques Le Goff is the former director of studies at the L'École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris. Among his honors is the Dr. A. H. Heineken Prize for History, bestowed in 2004 by the Ryal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences to Le Goff for “fundamentally changing our view of the Middle Ages.” He was also among the recipients of the 2007 Dan David Prize in recognition of contributions to his discipline. Jacques Le Goff was awarded the prestigious Prix Gobert for Saint Louis by the Académie Française in 1996.