As much ink has not flowed over no Middle Dutch text as over Van den Vos Reynaerde. More than one researcher has sometimes sighed that the fox always escapes the ordering principles of scientists. In the past, researchers saw a biting satire with which the emerging Flemish bourgeoisie distanced themselves from the French -speaking nobility. Nowadays, some researchers see the story as the first modern, cynical novel that demonstrates how lying language leads society into damnation. - [Author]

Language: Dutch