König Rother, Salman und Morolf, the Münchner Oswald and Grauer Rock (otherwise known as Orendel) have had a troubled position in the literary history of medi

This book presents the first collection of the earliest West Germanic bridal-quest narratives together with a comparative study of them. In contrast to earlier

Drawing upon the most current methodologies, the essays in this book pursue the multifarious functions of end-times in medieval German texts.

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