. The twenty-six “branches” of the Roman de Renart were composed by some twenty authors of varying talent between ca. 1174 and 1250. This episodic narrative in octosyllabic verse has come down to us in thirteen major manuscripts....

. It was an unnamed priest of Troyes, defrocked for bigamy, who composed this final avatar of the Roman de Renart, in eight branches, of which we have two redactions. The first (A: 32,000 lines) was composed between 1319 and 1322, and the second (B:...

Reynard the Fox, also known as Renard, Renart, Reinard, Reinecke, Reinhardus, Reynardt, Reynaerde and by many other spelling variations, is a trickster figure whose tale is told in a number of anthropomorphic tales from medieval...

Michael Reynard staged a remarkable comeback to set up a meeting with Scotland's Gordon Sherry in today's 36-hole final of the 100th Amateur Championship at Hoylake. Three down with four to play against the Irish international Jody Fanagan, the 33-year-old from Moseley won...

I write to correct the ridiculous assertions in Carla Bennet's July 1 Free for All letter. As a former master of foxhounds who managed his own hounds in the field, I can say without question that her charges that fox kits are used to...

A woman who reported her young son missing over the weekend was booked on suspicion of murder after sheriff's investigators found his small body stuffed in a trash bin near the family's home, authorities said Wednesday.Erika Panyavong, 30, told investigators Tuesday night that 19-month-old Keithan's...

There was much skepticism when entrepreneur Scott Poulter first revealed his plans for the Grand Prix Masters series, and most observers thought that there was little chance of the idea getting off the ground. But at Kyalami, South Africa, last November, a field of 14...

In the following excerpt, Best describes and summarizes the various French tales collected under the name of the Roman de Renart.

In the following excerpt, Gravdal argues that by allowing legal procedures to dominate the rape trial episodes of the Roman de Renart, its authors challenged societal respect for feudal court practices.

In the following essay, Bellon examines Renart's ability to innovate, his tactics, and the nature of his defense arguments.