Cette recherche, à partir de la pièce de Molière Les Précieuses ridicules, analyse l'opinion de l'auteur à l'égard du phénomène de la préciosité afin de déterminer les raisons de son attaque satirique contre les salonnières. Le mémoire s'ouvre sur une analyse du cadre historique dans laquelle sont établies les limites temporelles du mouvement précieux en France au XVIIe siècle et ses causes. Ces dernières sont à trouver dans les changements politiques et sociaux qui ont suivi la période de la Fronde et l’instauration de la monarchie absolutiste de Louis XIV. La deuxième partie, en passant en revue les satiristes les plus en vogue à l’époque, établit les sources plausibles de la pièce de Molière et détermine la nature politique de la satire. Ensuite, notre analyse met en lumière que les vraies cibles de Molière ne sont pas les précieuses mais les bourgeois qui aspirent à s’élever au niveau de l’aristocratie. La dernière partie est une réflexion sur le modèle de féminisme adopté par l’auteur et ses similarités avec la pensée de Mlle de Scudéry / This research paper, based on Molière's Les Précieuses ridicules, analyses the author's opinion of the phenomenon of “précieusité” in order to determine the reasons for his satirical attack on the “salonnières”. The essay opens with a historical framework in which are established the temporal limits and the causes of the precious movement in France in the seventeenth century. The latter are located in the political and social changes that followed the period of the Fronde and the establishment of the absolutist monarchy of Louis XIV. The second part, by reviewing the most popular satirists of the time, establishes the plausible sources of Molière's play and determines the political nature of satire. Then, our analysis highlights how the true targets of Molière are not the précieuses but the bourgeois who aspire to rise to the level of the aristocracy. The last part is a reflection on the model of feminism adopted by the author and its similarities with Miss de Scudéry.

Abstract My aim for this paper is to analyse the character Jeeves' obsession with perfect clothing in     P. G. Wodehouse's The Inimitable Jeeves (1923). My method has been to study the historical context of the British aristocracy at the time of the first publication of the book in 1923, as well as the previous four decades during which the author grew up and decisive changes in the British class society took place. This paper studies sources on the significance of clothing in general, and examines its importance at the time in particular. For my analysis I have borrowed elements from new historicism. The norms, traditions and values of the aristocracy lost in importance during this time, and the aristocracy was divided into individuals who were willing to adopt to these changes and others who fought to defy them. My conclusion is that Jeeves considers the strict dress codes to be an important symbol of the old aristocratic values that he has to defend, in order to legitimize his own position, as he is profoundly devoted to his calling of being a first class valet faithful to the old traditions. Wooster, then, acts as Jeeves' opponent on the matter as he embodies the part of the aristocracy willing to embrace the changes instead.

Aujourd’hui de nombreuses recherches sont menées sur les différents types de demeure aristocratiques. Notre étude porte sur un important corpus de résidences seigneuriales datées du XIIIe au XVIe siècle en Viennois et Grésivaudan ; quatre-vingts douze sites ont été rassemblés à partir, d’une part, de la recherche documentaire dans les archives, les bibliothèques et les centres de documentation, et d’autre part, de visites sur le terrain. Ce travail s’attache aux différents types de décors : les décors architecturaux, figuratifs, sculptés et peints. L’objectif de notre recherche est d’établir un corpus de résidences seigneuriales permettant d’étudier l’approche décorative intégrale des sites, ce qui permet un travail de recherche inédit. Le château et la maison forte subsistent encore de nos jours en grand nombre avec d’importants éléments architecturaux en place. La ressemblance entre les caractères architecturaux de ces deux catégories d’habitations assure un nombre suffisant de sites à étudier. Et la distinction de statut entre le château et la maison forte autorise des comparaisons intéressantes au niveau du décor. Le Dauphiné présente un grand nombre de résidences seigneuriales. Le territoire du Grésivaudan est connu comme étant une région propice à l’installation des habitants grâce aux terres fertiles des massifs de la Chartreuse et de la Belledonne. Quant au Viennois, son riche aspect géographique permet de trouver une grande variété de sites. Par ailleurs, l’histoire du Dauphiné démontre une longue période de dépendance du territoire où plusieurs comtes se sont succédés. La politique des conquêtes a permis d’étendre le territoire et de faire face aux ennemis. Notre recherche se concentre sur une période étendue allant du XIIIe au XVIe siècle. Elle inclut donc l’époque médiévale marquée par peu de changements dans les domaines économique et social en Europe occidentale du fait de la succession des guerres et des épidémies. Ceci ne signifie pas que cette période ait connu un recul mais qu’une faible mutation sociale influencée par la religion s’est produite. Cela se reflète dans le développement du domaine artistique. Notre recherche inclut également la période de mutation de la fin du Moyen-Âge et du début de la Renaissance. Ce moment se caractérise par la combinaison de l’art antiquisant et d’un nouveau courant artistique. Au travers de notre recherche, nous recherchons une possible évolution de l’approche décorative de l’habitat noble. L’étude de l’approche décorative des résidences seigneuriales nous permet de mieux appréhender les caractéristiques des décors aussi bien architecturaux que figuratifs. Les éléments architecturaux, sur lesquelles nous avons porté notre attention, comprennent les portes, fenêtres et coussièges, les tourelles en surplomb, les échauguettes, bretèches, meurtrières et cheminées. Les autres décors que nous avons examinés sont les décors figuratifs qui se composent des motifs peints et des peintures murales ainsi que des motifs et figures sculptées. Nous avons pu constater par nos études que toutes les formes de conception décorative (le décor architectural et le décor figuratif) possèdent la structure simple au début de la période étudiée (XIIIe siècle), puis cette forme élémentaire se développe de manière plus compliquée au cours du temps en particulier le décor peint. Nous constatons ainsi une évolution stylistique des décors. En outre, trois types des éléments décorés ; portes, fenêtres et cheminées montrent une ressemblance stylistique. Il s’agit du travail de moulure sur les linteaux, les encadrements et les bases de ces éléments et la présence d’écus armoriés symbolisant l’appartenance du site à une famille ou une personnalité. Ceci permet d’affirmer que ces décors sont caractéristiques de l’époque étudiée. Quant au décor figuratif, l’apparition de différentes figures autorise une dimension plus approfondie au travers d’une présentation narrative.... / There are nowadays many studies about aristocratic houses and their decoration. This study on decoration was achieved from the huge corpus of seignorial residences dated between the 13th and the 16th Centuries in the region of Viennois and Grésivaudan where a number of seignorial residences was found. Fifty-three selected sites gathered from a wide investigation were organized in two ways: firstly by documentary research in the archives, the libraries and the center of document resource, secondly by intervention in the studied area. This research focused on different categories of decoration: architectural, figurative, sculptural and painted decor. The research aims to establish the corpus of seigniorial residences which will enable it to study the entire decorative aspect of the selected sites. This will also allow for a new perspective of aristocratic house research.The castles and the fortified manor houses are known today as the existing aristocratic accommodation, which are in quite a large number and are unique in their architectural elements. The similarity of the two seignorial residences lies in their architectural characteristics. The quantity of them allows for an extension of the research framework for determining a sufficient number in terms of the studied sites. On the contrary, the difference of status between the castles and the fortified manor houses permits a comparison of their decorative aspects. Le Dauphiné has a great number of seignorial residences. The territory of Grésivaudan has been recognized for suitable settlement with fertile land in the mountains of Chartreuse and Belledonne. As for Viennois, this territory has a geographical variation which caused different characteristics of houses. Moreover, the history of Dauphiné presents a long period of independence with the succession of several Counts. The conquest policy was applied for defending the enemies in the surrounding areas and also for conquering more land. A great number of seignorial residences was included in this research. The study period from the 13th to the 16th Centuries is known as the transitional time from the end of the Middle Ages to the beginning of the Renaissance, there were many changes in different domains. These changes reflect the evolution of the decoration of aristocratic houses. The study of decoration of the respective seignorial residences will enable us to learn about the characteristics of the architectural and figurative decoration. Understanding the architectural decor involves a study of the architectural elements: doors, windows, turrets, watch-turrets, brattices, arrow holes and chimneys. The figurative decoration means a study of figurative presentation. The elements concerned are painting motifs and mural painting, sculptural motifs and figures. Molding in architectural decor emphasizes the structure of decorative elements. The frames of the doors and windows can be noticed by volumetric and symmetrical effects which can be seen on the lintel and the lower part of the frames of the structure. The appearance of sculpted shields above the doors and windows help complete the decorative aspect of the elements. The chimney has the same decorative effect but the molded decor would be on the upper part and the corbel or side posts. As for the figurative decoration, the presence of different figures like trees, animals, men create an in-depth dimension and more narration or a narrative scene. The painting motifs and the mural painting form a narrative which show a series of pictures which tell the sequence of an event or several successive scenes. Besides, as the corpus of the research assembles a great number of several types of decoration dating from 13th to 16th Centuries, it consequently reflects a stylistic evolution of decorative elements...

Schwarzenbergs, a noble family coming from Lower Franconia, settled down from 1660 in the end in Czech countries. Jan Adolf Schwarzenberg bought manor Třeboň at that time. At the beginning of eighteenth century split the family to two anchestries. Submitted dissertation insists on the researches in the archive files completed with specialized publicatons. The text is composed of three units. Opening part gives us the specification and characteristics of the used archival resorces and literature. The second part is divided to the several chapters. The first chapter discuss the family history and land effects expansion. The third chapter describes the complicated administrative agency. The fourth chapter introduces patrimonial clerkdom including their personal and professional lives. The fifth chapter is dedicated to Josef Bohdanecký, the principal forester of the forest management in Orlík. He came to be known by his forest crop protection project, so called Orlíks or milimetre thinning. The final part contains the general estimation of the clerkdom place in the Schwarzenbergs service.

À l'échelle du nord du royaume de France et plus spécialement de la Picardie médiévale, l'histoire du diocèse de Noyon, appréhendée du point de vue des rapports entre l'aristocratie et les communautés religieuses de la fin du IXe au début du XIIe siècles, révèle une relative exception documentaire : en Vermandois comme en Noyonnais, une certaine profusion de sources (essentiellement diplomatiques) permet une compréhension affinée de la place des abbayes et des chapitres dans les manifestations des politiques religieuses séculières. Les mêmes sources imposent d'accorder une attention particulière, mais non exclusive, aux politiques comtales et épiscopales en la matière. Or, pour l'ensemble de la période choisie, ces dernières ont été trop souvent perçues comme des blocs structurés et linéaires. Il convient de dépasser ces impressions d'homogénéité et d'immobilisme en montrant la diversité et l'évolution des influences réciproques unissant d'une part les communautés religieuses, d'autre part les comtes de Vermandois et les évêques de Noyon. Alors que les églises du diocèse étudié ont été considérées comme des lieux phares d'expression de la fidélité de l'aristocratie de second rang à l'égard des hauts pouvoirs princiers, il nous faut également questionner les comportements religieux de l'ensemble des puissants (spécialement châtelains) afin de montrer en quoi ils témoignent d'attitudes individualisées et contribuent à dessiner les contours des pouvoirs locaux. En d'autres termes, les rapports entre les aristocrates et les communautés religieuses, étudiés à la fois dans leur aspect matériel et spirituel, s'inscrivent-ils dans des sociétés politiques polarisées par le prince, que ce dernier soit évêque de Noyon, comte de Vermandois ou encore châtelain ? / In the north of the kingdom of France and more particularly in mediaeval Picardy, the history of the diocese of Noyon, apprehended from the point of view of the relations between aristocracy and religious communities from the end of the 9th to the beginning of the 12th centuries, reveals a relative documentary exception : in Vermandois as in Noyonnais, a certain profusion of sources (essentially diplomatic) allows a refined understanding of the place of the abbeys and chapters in manifestations of secular religious policies. The same sources require special but not exclusive attention to the policies of the counts and of the bishops in this area. However, for the whole period chosen, the latter were too often perceived as structured and linear blocks. It is necessary to overcome these impressions of homogeneity and immobility by showing the diversity and evolution of the reciprocal influences uniting on the one hand the religious communities, on the other hand the counts of Vermandois and the bishops of Noyon. While the churches of the studied diocese have been regarded as key places of expression of the fidelity of the second-rate aristocracy towards the high princely powers, we must also question the religious behavior of all the powerful (especially castellan) in order to show how they demonstrate individualized attitudes and contribute to drawing the contours of local authorities. In other words, the relations between aristocrats and religious communities, studied both in their material and spiritual aspects, are part of political societies polarized by the prince, whether the latter is bishop of Noyon, count of Vermandois or even castellan ?

The author of the diploma thesis endeavoured, with the help of historic-anthropological methods, to depict a variety of forms of the war experience of the south Bohemian aristocracy in the period before the Battle of White Mountain. The subject of his interest focused on the fates of men and women of noble origin, on the background of three key military events of the second half of the 16th century and the early 17th century. Two expeditions of the Bohemian troops against the Turks in 1566 and 1594, and the invasion of Bohemia by the Passau army in 1611 had a very strong impact on the way south Bohemian knights thought, behaved and acted. Personal correspondence of selected aristocratic families served as the heuristic starting point in the search for the answer to the question which ways an aristocrat chose to defend values tested by centuries and to enforce his own or his family?s interests. The objective of the entire research was to amplify the knowledge about the history of lower aristocracy, by stressing the unique role of a historical participant in war. Treating the topic of war experience gave rise to a contribution on the borderline between the political, military, social and cultural areas of history of the early Modern Age.

Este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar o projeto de criação de uma aristocracia do trabalho a partir do ensino industrial, através do estudo de caso da Escola Técnica de Curitiba, posteriormente Escola Técnica Federal do Paraná, entre os anos de 1942 a 1963. Num primeiro momento, faz-se um breve apanhado da citada instituição quando era Escola de Aprendizes Artífices do Paraná, considerando que a concepção de ensino então desenvolvida era destinada aos desfavorecidos da fortuna, portanto direcionada principalmente para a disciplinarização das chamadas classes perigosas. Mas ao longo da década de 1920 e de 1930, tal concepção foi sendo modificada, até que em 1942, com a Lei Orgânica do Ensino Industrial, consolidou-se a idéia de formação de uma aristocracia do trabalho pela via do ensino industrial. Essa elite ocuparia postos no setor fabril que exigissem uma maior qualificação, acompanhando o processo de desenvolvimento industrial do Brasil, não bastando, porém, um melhor adestramento técnico, mas que fosse bem disciplinada, através de um processo educacional marcado pela presença intensiva de conteúdos de moral e civismo, notadamente durante o Estado Novo (1937-1945), servindo assim de exemplo para a classe trabalhadora como um todo. O pós-guerra foi marcado pela Guerra Fria e pela influência cada vez maior do american way of life na vida brasileira. A presença da Comissão Brasileiro-Americana de Educação Industrial (CBAI), programa de cooperação firmado entre os governos do Brasil e dos Estados Unidos em 1946, veio caracterizar esse momento no ensino industrial do país, através da adoção de métodos sistemáticos na formação de docentes para esse ramo do ensino, baseados na Racionalização Científica. A fim de dinamizar o treinamento dos professores, a CBAI criou, em 1957, o Centro de Pesquisas e Treinamento de Professores (CPTP), na Escola Técnica de Curitiba, cuja função era preparar docentes para atuarem nas escolas industriais e técnicas de todo o Brasil, de forma a capacitá-los para a tarefa de formação da aristocracia do trabalho. Em 1963 o acordo entre a CBAI e o governo brasileiro não foi renovado, e o Centro encerrou suas atividades no ano seguinte. A Lei nº 3.552/59 estabeleceu uma reforma no ensino industrial, fixando um curso único de 1º Ciclo com finalidade propedêutica para os cursos técnicos de 2º Ciclo. A Lei de Diretrizes e Bases de 1961 promoveu a equivalência entre o ensino técnico e o ensino secundário. Tais modificações, ligadas à nova etapa vivida pela industrialização, inclusive em relação às demandas do mercado de trabalho, aliadas à possibilidade de chegar ao ensino superior ao mesmo tempo em que se obtém uma formação de nível médio em escolas de elevada qualidade de ensino, promoveram alterações no perfil dos alunos que procuravam o ensino industrial, que gradativamente foi sendo ocupado por estudantes originários da classe média, deixando de ter validade a concepção de formação de uma aristocracia do trabalho exclusivamente a partir da classe trabalhadora. / This thesis have the objective of analyze the project of creation of the labour aristocracy based in the industrial teaching, by case study of the Escola Técnica de Curitiba, posteriorly Escola Técnica Federal do Paraná, between 1942 and 1963. On a first moment, making a succinct summary of the named institution when denominated Escola de Aprendizes Artífices do Paraná, seeing that the educational intention developed was destined to luckless, therefore reserved to the discipline the dangerous classes. But during the 1920 and 1930 decades, this intention was going modify, and in 1942 the idea of conformation of the labour aristocracy based in the industrial education was consolidated, with the Organizer Law of the Industrial Teaching. This elite must occupy functions in the manufacturing sector what demanding a superior qualification, accompanying the industrial development of Brazil, however dont being enough a better technical training, but was very much disciplined, in through of the educational process marked for intensive carriage of moral and civic contents, notedly during the Estado Novo (1937-1945), what a example for all the working class. The period after the Second World War was marked for the Cold War and to the growing influence of American way of life in Brazil. The presence of the Comissão Brasileiro-Americana de Educação Industrial (CBAI), a cooperation program signed between Brazilian and American governments in 1946, marked this moment in the industrial teaching of Brazil, through the adoption of systematical methods to the formation of instructors for this kind of teaching, based on Scientific Management. With the aim of to pep the instructors training, in 1957 CBAI created Centro de Pesquisas e Treinamento de Professores (CPTP), on the Escola Técnica de Curitiba, and your function was to prepare instructors to work on the Industrial and Technical Schools in Brazil, capacitating them to the assignment of to educate the labour aristocracy. In 1963 the accord between CBAI and the Brazilian government is not renovated, and the CPTP was closed your activities in 1964. The 3.552/59 Act determined a reform at the Industrial Teaching, fixing a unique course of First Level with propaedeutics finality to the technical courses of Second Level. The Guidelines and Basis Act of 1961 furthered the equivalency between Technical and Secondary Teaching. These modifications, linked with the new stage of industrialization and connected with the work markets demands, allied to the possible incoming of students go to College while graduate in high quality schools of Second Level, make changes in the profiles of students that searched the Industrial Teaching, which was occupied for students of midclass, invalidating the conception of conformation of the labour aristocracy originating exclusive of working class.

À l'échelle du nord du royaume de France et plus spécialement de la Picardie médiévale, l'histoire du diocèse de Noyon, appréhendée du point de vue des rapports entre l'aristocratie et les communautés religieuses de la fin du IXe au début du XIIe siècles, révèle une relative exception documentaire :en Vermandois comme en Noyonnais, une certaine profusion de sources (essentiellement diplomatiques) permet une compréhension affinée de la place des abbayes et des chapitres dans la manifestation des politiques religieuses séculières. Les mêmes sources imposent d'accorder une attention particulière, mais non exclusive, aux politiques comtales et épiscopales en la matière. Or, pour l'ensemble de la période choisie, ces dernières ont été trop souvent perçues comme des blocs structurés et linéaires. Il convient de dépasser ces impressions d'homogénéité et d'immobilisme en montrant la diversité et l'évolution des influences réciproques unissant d'une part les communautés religieuses, d'autre part les comtes de Vermandois et les évêques de Noyon. Alors que les églises du diocèse étudié ont été considérées comme des lieux phares d'expression de la fidélité de l'aristocratie de second rang à l'égard des hauts pouvoirs princiers, il nous faut également questionner les comportements religieux de l'ensemble des puissants (spécialement châtelains) afin de montrer en quoi ils témoignent d'attitudes individualisées et contribuent à dessiner les contours des pouvoirs locaux. En d'autres termes, les rapports entre les aristocrates et les communautés religieuses, étudiés à la fois dans leur aspect matériel et spirituel, s'inscrivent-ils dans des sociétés politiques polarisées par le prince, que ce dernier soit évêque de Noyon, comte de Vermandois ou encore châtelain ? / In the north of the kingdom of France and more particularly in mediaeval Picardy, the history of the diocese of Noyon, apprehended from the point of view of the relations between aristocracy and religious communities from the end of the 9th to the beginning of the 12th centuries, reveals a relative documentary exception :in Vermandois as in Noyonnais, a certain profusion of sources (essentially diplomatic) allows a refined understanding of the place of the abbeys and chapters in the manifestation of secular religious policies. The same sources require special but not exclusive attention to the comital and episcopal policies in this area. However, for the whole period chosen, the latter were too often perceived as structured and linear blocks. It is necessary to overcome these impressions of homogeneity and immobility by showing the diversity and evolution of the reciprocal influences uniting on the one hand the religious communities, on the other hand the counts of Vermandois and the bishops of Noyon. While the churches of the studied diocese have been regarded as key places of expression of the fidelity of the second-rate aristocracy towards the high princely powers, we must also question the religious behavior of all the powerful (especially castellan) in order to show how they demonstrate individualized attitudes and contribute to drawing the contours of local authorities. In other words, the relations between aristocrats and religious communities, studied both in their material and spiritual aspects, are part of political societies polarized by the prince, whether the latter is bishop of Noyon, count of Vermandois or even castellan ? / Doctorat en Histoire, histoire de l'art et archéologie / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

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Le processus d’européanisation des élites aristocratiques au pays de Galles aux XIIe et XIIIe siècles constitue le point de départ de cette étude. L’objectif est de saisir les mécanismes de la réception de la culture aristocratique continentale par la noblesse autochtone ainsi que la sélection et l’adaptation de certains modèles culturels gallois par l’aristocratie anglo-normande. Ces mécanismes sont analysés à travers le prisme de l’abbaye de Margam. Elle est considérée comme un potentiel « espace de rencontre », inhérent au processus d’interculturation des élites aristocratiques du Glamorgan du milieu du XIIe siècle à la fin du XIIIe siècle. La production scripturaire de l’abbaye de Margam, fondée en 1147 par le comte de Gloucester, offre un riche corpus documentaire qui permet de dresser le portrait de l’aristocratie laïque du Glamorgan.Le portrait qui se dégage de cette étude reflète une aristocratie laïque aux multiples facettes. Malgré une hétérogénéité culturelle et sociale se dessine la naissance d’une identité catégorielle commune aux élites aristocratiques. Acquérant un rôle d’agents de transition et de transformation, les cisterciens ont répondu aux besoins spirituels des nobles gallois et anglo-normands qui recherchaient l’intercession de la Vierge afin de réussir leur salut. Anticipant toute contestation aux transferts de propriété, le monastère a sécurisé les transactions en s’adaptant aux usages propres aux grands laïcs du Glamorgan. Cette reconnaissance des pratiques de l’aristocratie locale n’a pas évité l’éclatement de conflits, parfois violents, souvent résolus devant la cour comtale du Glamorgan. Cette dernière apparaît alors comme un second « espace de rencontre » du processus d’interculturation.En tant qu’« espace de rencontre », l’abbaye de Margam a contribué au processus d’européanisation qui a touché l’aristocratie galloise du Glamorgan. Cependant, ce concept présente des limites. L’européanisation des nobles autochtones n’a pas été complète, car ils ont conservé leur héritage culturel. Il laisse également dans l’ombre le processus inverse. L’adaptation et la sélection de modèles culturels gallois par l’aristocratie anglo-normande mettent donc en lumière le processus d’interculturation des élites du Glamorgan aux XIIe et XIIIe siècles. / The process of Europeanization of aristocratic elites in Wales in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries is the starting point of this study. It aims at understanding the mechanisms underlying the reception of the Continental aristocratic culture by the local aristocracy as well as the selection and adaptation of some Welsh cultural elements by the Anglo-Norman aristocracy. In order to grasp these mechanisms, this study revolves around Margam Abbey. It is considered as a possible “meeting place”, inherent to the process of interculturation of the Anglo-Norman and Welsh aristocratic elites from the mid-twelfth century to the end of the thirteenth century. The written production of Margam Abbey, founded by the earl of Gloucester in 1147, gives a rich corpus to draw the portrait of the lay aristocracy in Glamorgan.The portrait made in this study is representative of a multifaceted lay aristocracy. In spite of a cultural and social heterogeneousness, the birth of a common class identity to the aristocratic elites draws. Obtaining a role of agents of transition and transformation, the Cistercians answered the spiritual needs of the Welsh and Anglo-Norman nobles, all seeking the Holy Virgin intercession in order to win their salvation. In order to prevent any claim to transfers of property, the monastery secured the transactions by different adaptations to the specific practices of the lay aristocracy of Glamorgan. This recognition of the aristocratic particularities did not avoid the breaking of conflicts, sometimes violent, often settled before the county court. This latter appears as a second “meeting place” of the process of interculturation.As “meeting place”, Margam Abbey contributed to the Europeanization impacted the lesser Welsh aristocracy in Glamorgan, who adapted to the Continental models. However, this concept presents some significant limits. The Europeanization of the native elites was not complete, because they kept their cultural inheritance. It does not also shed light on the reverse process. So, the adaptation and selection of Welsh cultural elements by the Anglo-Norman aristocracy highlight the process of interculturation of the aristocratic elites in Glamorgan.