This thesis analyses four different aspects of devotional life at one of England’s largest and
wealthiest medieval cathedrals between the years 1092 and 1235. Each of these is associated with
the remembrance of the dead. It is an area of religious practice that was subject to momentous
change over the course of the period. These changes would have a profound effect on the
organization of Christian worship for centuries to come. The thesis assesses how contrasting
approaches to the practice of remembrance were able to enhance and shape the composition of
the church, and explores what they reveal about the distinctive fellowship of a secular cathedral
