Introduction
Raymond Refaussé
THE MEDIEVAL CATHEDRAL
From Hiberno-Norse to Anglo-Norman, c.1030-1300
Stuart Kinsella
The construction of the medieval cathedral, c.1030-1250
Roger Stalley
Christ Church in the later medieval Irish world, 1300-1500
James Lydon
The architecture of the cathedral and priory buildings, 1250-1530
Roger Stalley
Liturgy in the late medieval cathedral priory
Alan J. Fletcher
Music in the medieval cathedral priory
Barra Boydell
THE EARLY MODERN CATHEDRAL
The coming of reform, 1500-58
Raymond Gillespie
The shaping of reform, 1558-1625
Raymond Gillespie
The 1562 collapse of the nave and its aftermath
Roger Stalley
The establishment of the choral tradition, 1480-1647
Barra Boydell
THE MODERN CATHEDRAL
Restoration and reorganisation, 1660-1830
Kenneth Milne
The flourishing of music, 1660-1800
Barra Boydell
The stripping of the assets, 1830-1960
Kenneth Milne
Music in the nineteenth-century cathedral, 1800-70
Barra Boydell
George Edmund Street and the restoration of the cathedral, 1868-78
Roger Stalley
Optimism and decline: music, 1870-c.1970
Barra Boydell