Prof.dr. Paul Wackers was until the end of december 2015 professor of Dutch Literature to 1500 at the Department "Talen, Literatuur en Communicatie". He published on a wide range of subjects. Prominent among them are: the Dutch and the European Reinardian tradition; the relationships between Latin and Middle Dutch and related to that multilingual phenomena; religious literature; and lastly miscellany manuscripts. Often he pays attention to the methodological aspects of scholarship.
On this site a list is given of his publications since he accepted his chair in Utrecht. A part of his earlier studies may be found on the DBNL (click here).

He is Honorary President of the International Reynard Society / Société Internationale Renardienne and was co-founder and for years one of the editors of Reinardus, the Yearbook of this Society.

• Animaliter. Animals in medieval literature