Crosses made in metal, paint, or stone stand at a singular intersection of past, present and future in the early medieval period. The historical cross of Golgotha is the source of such manufactured crosses’ form and power. Most also represent the theology of the Cross through their form and decoration, describing the soteriology of the crucifixion and anticipating its consummation at the end of time. As manufactured crosses recount the past and look forward to the eschaton, they concurrently function in the age of the Church, offering specific, contemporary points of access to all the larger cross-sign represents. In its multivalent identity, the cross’ status as the Church’s central sign reflects the Church’s own temporal position, simultaneously commemorating sacred history, functioning in the present day, and preparing for the Second Coming. Although rarely recognized, the Church-time form of the cross—which I term the “instrumental” cross—is often a discernable component of early medieval cross-objects and images. I argue that we can recognize the instrumental cross among the commemorative and proleptic aspects of the sign because a formal and conceptual language developed to articulate it. In its instrumental form, the cross becomes the sign of the Church in its role as mediator between Christians, Christ and the eschaton, affirming the indispensable place of man-made artwork in that project. The instrumental cross, in turn, signals the instrumentality of the many artworks into which it is incorporated. It plays a particularly important role in manuscripts. In the first half of the dissertation I define a class of visual strategies that communicate the instrumental identity of the cross. I treat works in many media in Chapter 1 and focus on manuscripts in Chapters 2–3. The second half of the dissertation concentrates upon the case studies of four complex, hitherto neglected gospel codices from ninth–tenth century western France. In each, the deep relationship between Church-time cross and gospel book drives a pictorial program that is crafted to define a specific codex as an manufactured instrument, made to integrate its community with the larger project of the Church for which the cross-sign stands. / History of Art and Architecture

This study focuses on the representations of the Gallo language spoken in the Eastern part of Brittany among elder native speakers (group 1) and students of Gallo (group 2). Jones & Singh (2005) and Williams (2000) both stress the importance of an asserted community identity for language transmission and the active involvement of community members in the revitalization process. In light of these two studies and the revitalization models proposed by Grenoble & Whaley (2005), the present research establishes that, in order to obtain a more appropriate and possibly successful revitalization program, it is necessary to consult and probe the approval of native speakers of Gallo. Informants from both groups show little involvement in language planning activities; in contrast, revitalization efforts in the last decades have increased within associative and militant groups. Based on the findings of Jones & Singh (2005) and Williams (2000) on Jersey Norman French and Welsh respectively, this study provides evidence that Gallo is on the verge of achieving a different status. The framework used for the fieldwork was adapted from Boas TGPD project on Texas German (2001). Most of the interviews were conducted in a private setting. Two groups of individuals were involved in this study: older, native speakers (41) and students (17), and half of the respondents participated in a follow-up interview (1-2 hours). The results of field research on language attitudes show a positive Gallo identity: 50% of the native speakers answered that Gallo was part of their identity as much as French and 78.6% of the students selected the same statement. Only 20% of group 1 and 21.4% of group 2 declared that Gallo was not an important part of their identity. In the same set of questions on identity and representations, 90% of group 1 and 85.7% of group 2 expressed positive linguistic attitudes when asked whether or not speaking and/or understanding Gallo was valuable. Overall, above 80% of the informants think that the knowledge of Gallo is an advantage. This research demonstrates that the speech community expresses a more positive Gallo identity than expected, one of the main factors necessary to secure language maintenance. / text

This thesis makes two broad claims. It contends firstly that there is considerable variation in national consciousness across the population of a stateless nation. People can and do feel minutely, partly or wholely Breton, Scottish or Quebecois. Moreover, these are not merely differences of degree. Underlying the uneven intensity of nationalist sentiment within stateless nations is qualitative variation in the buttresses of national consciousness. Some - typically those with weaker national identities - are "pragmatist nationalists": people whose sense of belonging to a distinct community is firmly grounded in tangible sociological differences, be they ethnic, linguistic, religious or political. Others, more taken with the nation, are "idealist nationalists"; their sense of national belonging is more the product of an abstract and idealized sense of connectedness than hard and concrete sociological difference. This basic difference in the underpinnings of national identity, along with other attendant contrasts between pragmatist and idealist nationalists, are explored through historical analysis of various nationalist organizations and activists in Brittany, Scotland and Quebec. The second central proposition is that this qualitative variation in national identity is an important determinant of political behavior. Many of the wide-ranging attitudes and behaviors seen among exponents of the nationalist cause can be traced back to the conditioning effects of national identity on the outlook and political disposition of different nationalist players. In making this case, the analysis proceeds thematically, drawing examples variously from the three cases; it offers, in places, quantitative evidence based on analysis of the original data from previously conducted surveys. Various attitudinal and behavioral phenomena are thus explored: perceptions of the legitimacy of different means of effecting changes in the nation's political status (e.g. violence versus democratic means); the rationality of different nationalist players; their patterns of participation in nationalist projects; and overall mobilization trends. While these phenomena are somewhat disparate, they are linked by an overarching theme: idealist nationalists are less sensitive to empirical realities than their pragmatist counterparts. They are consequently more intransigent and uncompromising in their attitudes and behavior, and for this reason often play an important vanguard role in the process of nationalist mobilization.

Thesis (doctoral)--Université de Haute-Bretagne, 1974. / On cover: Institut armoricain de recherches historiques, économiques et humaines. On spine: 30. Includes bibliographical references (p. [15]-33).

Après de multiples cycles au cours des siècles passés, la récolte des algues dans le Finistère se renouvelle et s’inscrit comme une filière d’avenir. Au-delà des changements socio-économiques, elle se confronte aux problématiques actuelles de conservation de la biodiversité et de partage de l’espace maritime. Comment dès lors concilier activités anthropiques et préservation du milieu ? La démarche ethnoécologique mobilisée, interroge la gestion des ressources par les populations locales au travers de leurs engagements — pratiques, savoirs locaux et représentations. L’objectif de la thèse est donc double : comprendre les dynamiques des engagements des collecteurs d’algues ? Et comprendre comment ils sont mobilisés et ils évoluent face aux enjeux actuels ? Grâce à une enquête ethnographique et aux méthodes de l’ethnoécologie, nous avons interrogé les cadres scientifiques, sociaux et administratifs de manière diachronique pour saisir le contexte et les enjeux. Ensuite, nous avons questionné l’identité des collecteurs au travers des « statuts administratifs », puis de cinq profils émergeant des données. Cette diversité des formes d’engagement se retrouve dans les perceptions sensorielles mobilisées lors de la récolte, dans les systèmes de classification vernaculaires des algues et dans l’appréhension de l’espace. L’analyse de ces trois dimensions révèle un ensemble très riche de savoirs « intimes », « incorporés » et « situés » indissociables des techniques, sur les algues, le milieu aquatique et les dynamiques de l’écosystème. Différents éléments au travers des savoirs et des représentations éclairent les conflits et illustrent l’influence des scientifiques et des industriels sur les collecteurs. L’aléa climatique de l’hiver 2013-2014, en impactant la ressource algale, a contraint les collecteurs d’algues à s’adapter. Il a révélé les jeux d’acteurs dans les filières et la nature composite, voire hybride des engagements, premier pas vers une cogestion. / After several cycles over the course of past centuries, seaweed harvesting in Finistere is once again experiencing a revival and emerging as a promising sector. Beyond socio-economic transformations, it is also faced with current issues of biodiversity conservation and the sharing of maritime space. How can human activity and preservation of the environment be reconciled? The mobilized ethnoecological approach looks at resource management by local communities through their engagement - practices, traditional ecological knowledge, and representations. The aim of this thesis is thus twofold: understanding the dynamics of seaweed harvesters' engagement, and understanding how they mobilize and cope with current issues. Through ethnographic survey and ethnoecological methods, the scientific, social, and administrative frameworks were investigated diachronically to understand the context and the issue. The identity of the collectors were studied through both 'administrative statuses' as well as five profiles that emerged from the data. This diversity in forms of engagement is reflected in the sensory perceptions mobilized during harvesting, in the vernacular classifications of seaweed, and in how space is apprehended. The analysis of these three dimensions reveals a rich body of 'intimate', 'embodied', and 'situated' knowledge that is inextricable from practices relating to seaweed, aquatic environments, and ecosystem dynamics. Finally, various elements across knowledge and representations shed light on conflicts and illustrate the influence of science and industry on collectors. The climate event that took place during the winter of 2013–2014, for example, left an impact on seaweed resources and forced collectors to adapt. It revealed the interplay between actors of the various sectors and the composite (or even hybrid) nature of their engagement, a first step towards co-management.

L’entrepreneuriat en équipe constitue une réalité, diversement mesurée, de la conduite des entreprises. La recherche s’est intéressée à cette dimension du phénomène entrepreneurial. Dans ce travail, nous nous appuyons sur l’attente de l’individu entrepreneur afin de qualifier l’effectivité de l’équipe au sens de la satisfaction de ses membres, dans une perspective de pérennisation de l’acte entrepreneurial. Le secteur de l’agriculture offre un terrain qui intéresse la recherche. Le renouvellement des chefs d’entreprises, l’évolution du métier, l’agrandissement des structures productives, plaident pour un développement de formes sociétaires impliquant plusieurs exploitants propriétaires. La psychologie comportementale et la socio-psychologie nous aident à percevoir les attentes de l’entrepreneur dans le cadre d’un entrepreneuriat à plusieurs. L’installation dans un cadre d’équipe entrepreneuriale est largement mise en avant lors d’une étude par les modèles d’intention, auprès d’étudiants. Nous interrogeons, par la suite, des agriculteurs sur leur vécu, au regard de leurs aspirations initiales. Les analyses des organisations professionnelles portent ces sujets et viennent conforter notre problématique. Nous proposons un éclairage nouveau sur l’équipe entrepreneuriale et des pistes de réflexion pour l’accompagnement dans ce contexte. / Team entrepreneurship is a reality for many businesses. Research works aim to study this side of management phenomenon. For this contribution we examine the individual expectation for self-employment and describe the effectiveness of the team, in the sense of satisfaction of the members, as an element for the survival of the business. The farm sector gives the opportunity for our discipline to examine this form of entrepreneurship. Farms succession, the size of the enterprises, justifies the development of multi owner organisations. Behavioural psychology and social psychology, help us to analyse the entrepreneur believes. Entrepreneurial initiative in a team context is widely mentioned by students, in a study based on entrepreneurial intention models. Then we ask farmers about the reality of their situation in regards of initial expectations. We challenge the professional organisations analysis to confirm our research.We offer to have a new approach of team entrepreneurship, helping entrepreneurs and consultants toward durability of the project. (JEL: L26, D23, D91, Q12)

Les relations d'intertextualité dans Les Amours jaunes témoignent d'un jeu de correspondances et d'allusions littéraires que l'on peut nommer la poétique de l'habit d'Arlequin. Notre recherche porte sur les différentes expressions de la révolte dans le recueil. L'art de la dérision et la parodie contribuent au dialogue intertextuel avec d'une part des auteurs du passé tels que Shakespeare, La Fontaine, Villon et du Bellay. D'autre part, le poète se réfère à l'œuvre de Hugo, aux romans de son père, Edouard Corbière, et fait allusion à la poésie de Baudelaire, de Gautier et de Vigny. Dans le sillage de ses prédécesseurs il dénonce la peinture factice de l'Italie et de l'Espagne littéraires dans la poésie de Lamartine et de Musset. Par ailleurs, Les Amours jaunes illustrent la recherche d'une poétique nouvelle. En effet, Corbière s'interroge à propos de l'échec auquel il attribue une dimension positive qui contribue à la négativité de sa poésie. L'impossible dialogue amoureux le conduit à entrevoir dans l'amour maternel un dédommagement. En outre, le poète recourt à la théâtralité et projette sur la scène du spectacle imaginaire du recueil des figures de la marginalité, emblèmes de la sagesse populaire qui illustrent le renversement des valeurs sociales. Corbière transpose les paysages de la Bretagne dans son univers poétique et rend hommage au monde des marins dont il révèle la vision de la mort. / The intertextuality relations in Amours Jaunes indicate a game of correspondences and of Iilerary allusions that we can call the poetic makeup of Harlequin. Our research deals with the different expressions of the revolt in the anthology. The art of the derision and the parody contribute to the dialogue intertextuel with, on one hand, past authors such as Shakespeare, La Fontaine, Villon, and du Bellay. On the other hand, the poet is inspired by the work of Hugo, his father's novels, Edouard Corbière, and alludes to the poetry of Baudelaire, de Gautier, and de Vigny. Like his predecessors, Corbière denounces the artificial painting of the Italian and Spanish literary in the poetry of Lamartine and de Musset. Besides, Les Amours Jaunes iIIustrate the search for a new poetics. ln fact, Corbière wonders about failure to which he attributes a positive dimension, which contributes to the negativity of his poetry. The impossible love dialogue leads him to discover a rewarding feeling in maternal love. ln addition, the poet resorts to the theatrality and projects on the scene of the imaginary spectacle of the anthology of the faces of the marginality, emblems of popular wisdom that illustrate the overthrow of the social values. Corbière transposes Brittany's landscape into his poetic universe and pay homage to the world of the sailors from whom he takes the vision of death.

Écriture, histoire et identité entretiennent des rapports étroits entre le milieu du IXe siècle et le milieu du XIIe siècle à Saint-Sauveur de Redon, Saint-Magloire de Léhon, Dol et Alet/Saint-Malo. À partir de l’exemple de ces deux abbayes et de ces deux sièges épiscopaux, il s’agit de déceler les enjeux entre la production de textes et les processus idéologiques et culturels du moment. Plus largement, cette étude s’enracine dans la réflexion sur la fonction du passé et sur ses usages, en particulier dans le cadre de la formation des identités des communautés monastiques et des sièges épiscopaux. À la lumière des acquis historiographiques récents sur les pratiques de l’écriture, on se propose d’étudier l’ensemble des productions textuelles, qu’elles soient hagiographiques, historiographiques ou diplomatiques. L’analyse de la mise en texte des moments fondateurs de l’histoire des communautés monastiques et des sièges épiscopaux dans un premier temps et leur mise en perspective dans un second temps montre que ce sont à des moments charnières, au cours desquels se redéfinissent les pouvoirs ecclésiastiques et laïques, en particulier dans la seconde moitié du IXe siècle et de la fin du XIe siècle jusqu’au milieu du XIIe siècle, que les unes et les autres se sont attachés à mettre par écrit la mémoire de leur passé en élaborant des stratégies discursives afin de légitimer ou délégitimer des situations contemporaines / From the middle of the ninth century to the middle of the twelfth century, at Saint-Sauveur de Redon, Saint-Magloire de Léhon, Dol and Alet/Saint-Malo, there appears to be a close link between writing, history and identity. Basing our analysis on the exemples of those two abbeys and those two episcopal sees, we shall see how the writing of texts interact with the ideological and cultural framework of the time. On a broader level, this study is rooted in the historical revision on the fonction and uses of the past and how, in particular, it may come to shape the identities of the monastic communities and the episcopal sees. We shall focus on the whole textual production, be it hagiographic, historiographic or diplomatic, in the light of the recent developments in hagiographic studies as regards the practice of writing. The analysis of how the founding events in the history of the monastic communities and the episcopal sees were recorded into words and then put into perspective has revealed that it was at the key moments when the ecclesiastical and secular powers were redefined – especially in the second half of the ninth century and from the end of the eleventh century to the middle of the twelfth century – that they all took to writing down the memory of their past, elaborating discursive strategies that would legitimize or delegitimize contemporary events

This thesis makes two broad claims. It contends firstly that there is considerable variation in national consciousness across the population of a stateless nation. People can and do feel minutely, partly or wholely Breton, Scottish or Quebecois. Moreover, these are not merely differences of degree. Underlying the uneven intensity of nationalist sentiment within stateless nations is qualitative variation in the buttresses of national consciousness. Some - typically those with weaker national identities - are "pragmatist nationalists": people whose sense of belonging to a distinct community is firmly grounded in tangible sociological differences, be they ethnic, linguistic, religious or political. Others, more taken with the nation, are "idealist nationalists"; their sense of national belonging is more the product of an abstract and idealized sense of connectedness than hard and concrete sociological difference. This basic difference in the underpinnings of national identity, along with other attendant contrasts between pragmatist and idealist nationalists, are explored through historical analysis of various nationalist organizations and activists in Brittany, Scotland and Quebec. The second central proposition is that this qualitative variation in national identity is an important determinant of political behavior. Many of the wide-ranging attitudes and behaviors seen among exponents of the nationalist cause can be traced back to the conditioning effects of national identity on the outlook and political disposition of different nationalist players. In making this case, the analysis proceeds thematically, drawing examples variously from the three cases; it offers, in places, quantitative evidence based on analysis of the original data from previously conducted surveys. Various attitudinal and behavioral phenomena are thus explored: perceptions of the legitimacy of different means of effecting changes in the nation's political status (e.g. violence versus democratic means); the rationality of different nationalist players; their patterns of participation in nationalist projects; and overall mobilization trends. While these phenomena are somewhat disparate, they are linked by an overarching theme: idealist nationalists are less sensitive to empirical realities than their pragmatist counterparts. They are consequently more intransigent and uncompromising in their attitudes and behavior, and for this reason often play an important vanguard role in the process of nationalist mobilization. / Arts, Faculty of / Political Science, Department of / Graduate

Les stalles de l'ancien duché de Bretagne forment un corpus exceptionnel du point de vue de l'art autant que de l'histoire. Cette thèse en propose une approche globale depuis leur inventaire jusqu’aux mécanismes de leur création en passant par l’iconographie. Dans un premier temps, le recensement de ce mobilier a révélé la présence d’une dizaine de groupes encore en place, soit plus de 300 sièges comportant plus de 1000 éléments sculptés, réalisés pour l’essentiel entre la findu XVe et le milieu du XVIe siècle. Par ailleurs, les documents d’archives permettent la compréhension du contexte de création, les exigences des commanditaires et le travail des huchiers. Ces derniers apparaissent comme des travailleurs indépendants, très qualifiés et bénéficiant d’un savoir-faire étendu. Les modalités de la commande diffèrent selon leszones géographiques et linguistiques concernées, et selon les commanditaires, a fortiori dans le contexte politique de cetteépoque. Le rôle joué par la noblesse francobretonne est ici déterminant, notamment dans la diffusion des motifs italiens. L’iconographie des stalles bretonnes constitue, enfin, un point essentiel de ce travail par la richesse des motifs et la variété des références. L’ouverture du duché au commerce international à la fin du Moyen Âge contribue à la diffusion des modèles et aux échanges artistiques. Mêlant dans un joyeux syncrétisme thèmes religieux et profanes, images du Gothique international et vocabulaire de la première Renaissance, les sculptures des stalles mettent en scène la vision d’un monde, celle du clergé, où cohabitent discours moral, herméneutique chrétienne et culture carnavalesque / The choir stalls of the ancient Duchy of Brittany present an exceptional corpus from the historical point of view as well as from that of the history of art. This thesis focuses on this particular church furniture, supplying its inventory, a study of its iconography and the history and conditions of its creation. The first step of the inventory reveals about ten groups of choir stalls still preserved in Breton churches, which, at least, represent more than 300 stalls and a thousand of sculptures. Themajority of those groups were created between the last decades of the 15th century and the middle of the 16th century. Furthermore, archives give a certain number of useful information for the comprehension of a context of their creation, patrons’ wishes and woodcarvers’ work. Carvers appear to be qualified independent workers possessing an important experience and qualification. The conditions of work depend on geographic and linguistic areas, type of patronage and, afortiori, the specific political and religious context of this period. For example, the Franco-Breton nobility plays a key role in this context, especially in the diffusion of Italian motifs. Iconography of the choir stalls is, finally, of a high interest because of the richness of motifs and the variety of references used in its. The opening of the duchy to the world trade in the late Middle Ages contributes to the diffusion of models and the development of artistic exchanges. Mixing in joyful syncretism religious and profane themes, images from International Gothic and new vocabulary of the first Renaissance, the choir stalls’ carvings of Brittany show us the clerical vision of a world, where moralistic meanings, Christian hermeneutic, satirical views of the society and carnival culture are merged together without contradiction