

Geoffrey Chaucer was inspired by Reynard in The Canterbury Tales (1387–1400), and in “The Nun's Priest's Tale”, Reynard appears as “Rossel”.
REYNARD FOX STORY MOVIE
There are various books, TV programmes and films, though Walt Disney abandoned his movie about Reynard because he thought the character was too wicked to be a hero! Lonesome Water Books Seller rating: This seller. James Simpsons 2015 modern English Translation of Reynard the Fox brings into modern focus the story of a sly and immoral fox.The original cycle of stories are attested in the English, Dutch. Illustrated by Gustav Canton of Munich and Dusseldorf Seller. His work became the foundation for most later adaptations in German and English, including The Historie of Reynart the Foxe by William Caxton (1481). The Story of Reynard the Fox, a new version. The story was adapted into a Middle Dutch version in the Mid-13th Century by Willem die Madoc maecte. There are around 30 “branches”, or chapters, of this story, and they were written in rhyming verse. The earliest tradition dates back to Flanders and Germany in the 10th and 11th centuries, but the main source comes from the French Roman de Renart, which was written by Pierre de Saint-Cloud around 1170. One of his stories, Reynard in the Well, was chosen by author Geraldine McCaughrean to be included in our animal stories project with St Ebbes school in 2016. Like many foxes, Reynard is a trickster character.

Reynard is a cunning trickster whose adventures show that he is more than prepared to outsmart the other animals in the kingdom.
