Medieval

• 1046 - Leofric moves bishops seat from Crediton to Exeter
• 1051 - Leofric becomes the first bishop of Exeter
• 1051 - Exeter is officially a Cathedral
• 680 AD - The life of st Boniface
• 700 AD - Graves facing east
• 1112 AD - Warelwarst rebuilds in gothic style
• 1270's Bronesombe's rebuilding
• Style changes from Romanesque to Gothic
• Thick walls

  Towers

  No buttresses

  columns

  Arcade

  Semi-circular arches for windows

  Built from stone
• Gothic:

  Latin cross

  west entrance

  decorative portals

  rose windows

  long nave

  vaulted celling

  flying buttresses

  height

  stained glass

  3 doors

  tympanum - realistic statues over doorways.
• Growth in mass -> mass was considered beneficial -> needed more space for mass -> longer nave
• Growth in clergy -> 24 cannons, 24 vicars, 12 clerks, 14 choristers, 21 chantry priests -> not enough room for mass -> vaulted celling, choir, altar, east window
• Growth in devotion to saints -> cult of the virgin Mary -> not enough space for mass -> chapel of St. Gabriel, east window, west screen, choir, altar
• Growth in devotion to saints -> cult of the virgin Mary -> lady chapel looked run down -> lady chapel was updated.