Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I likely penned the romanticized poem "Theuerdank" (roughly, "knightly thought") first published in 1517 himself, although his chaplain Melchoir Pfintzing and secretary Marx Treitzsauerwein are usually given partial author credit also. Its full title, auf Deutsch, is (take a deep breath) "Die geverlicheiten vnd einsteils der..... More