Tras el «Desastre» colonial de 1898, la elite cultural española encontró la solución a los «males de la patria» en la reforma de la enseñanza. Su objetivo era preparar a una nueva «minoría dirigente» que devolviera al país la gloria perdida. Para educar a la juventud española, estos intelectuales utilizaron algunas ideas pedagógicas británicas. Así, favorecieron la creación de casas de estudiantes donde, partiendo del ideal inglés de masculinidad, emprendieron la formación del gentleman español. Este artículo reconstruye las conexiones que existieron entre esas residencias españolas y los centros educativos más prestigiosos del Reino Unido.
The reaction of the Spanish elite to the crisis of 1898 was the origin of different residential centres in which a new ruling class was educated. The educationalists who were in charge of those foundations were attracted by the English ideal of masculinity. They considered the English gentleman was the best model to educate a new Spanish minority who should be willing to regenerate Spain. As the British gentleman was educated at the oldest English universities, the Spanish residential institutions for undergraduates were made to be like Oxbridge Colleges. My paper sheds light on this cultural transfer
