This book in honor of Professor Ernst S. Dick (University of Kansas) celebrates his more than forty years as a scholar, teacher, colleague, and friend. While the majority of the contributions to the volume reflect Ernst Dick’s interest in medieval literature and culture, the collection also includes essays by his admirers in a variety of other fields. The Festschrift thus contains a rich diversity of topics: Carlee Arnett, A Semantic History of Werden, ‘to become’ • Frank Baron, Lyonel Feininger’s Watercolor Eutin I • Tina Boyer, König Rother and Dukus Horant • Francis B. Brévart,“Mother of all Herbs”: The Magical Plant Mugwort • Stephanie Cain Van D’Elden, Boats and Sea Passages in Tristan Illustrations • Maria Dobozy, Diu Crône by Heinrich von dem Türlin • Otfrid Ehrismann, Rituelle Inszenierung von Ordnung in Heinrichs von Veldeke Eneas • Evelyn Scherabon, Firchow and Michel van der Hoek, The Vienna Notker Psalms in Codex Vindobonensis 2681 • Winfried Frey, Über Martin Luthers Schriften zum Bauern- und zum Türkenkrieg • Ulrich Gaier, Sebastian Brant’s Ship of Fools • Edward Haymes, From Alliteration to Rhyme • Ernst Ralf Hintz, Gendered Attributes for Spiritual Warfare in the Old Saxon Heliand • Verena Hutter, Der schöne Schein: Kriemhild und Blanscheflur • William D. Keel, From Bänkelsang to Schnitzelbank: A Never-Ending Story • Helmut Koopmann, Deutsches Mittelalter – vor und nach 1800 • Karen McConnell, Walter Scott’s Ideological Uses of Medieval Romance • Winder McConnell, Does the Nibelungenlied have a Message? • Ulrich Müller, Die erste Beschreibung eines türkischen Bades (Hamam) in deutscher Sprache • Mark Pearson, The Use and Abuse of History in Aguirre, Zorn Gottes and Lola rennt • Gary C. Shockey, Staatsräson und das Vorhandensein von Kulturkenntnissen bei Hans Sachs •, Ray Wakefield, The Nibelungen Verse and Walther’s Elegie • Bernd Witte, Jewish Tradition and Modernity in German-Jewish Literature • Kevin Wolf, The Service of Food and Drink: A Function of Bedroom Chambers