As in many areas of pre-Reformation devotion, the dead were a conspicuous presence in English religious guilds of all sizes. Members joined in the expectation that the guild would say prayers and perform masses for their souls after death, and previous members and benefactors would be commemorated with regularity. This article, however, investigates a new avenue of the fraternal relationship with the dead: the practice of enrolling people after their death. Doing so shifts the paradigm of our understanding of the multidimensional functions of pre-Reformation society, commemoration, and guilds, privileging the experiences of both the dead and living equally, while highlighting the interplay of the spiritual and socioeconomic. Taking the extensive membership records of England's “great” guilds as its basis, this article reveals that postmortem enrollment was a practice both common and widespread, and it addresses questions of practicalities and motivations. As such, the richness of commemoration in late medieval society is demonstrated, and the importance of postmortem membership brought to the fore.

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纪念死者：中世纪晚期英格兰的尸检协会会员资格

与宗教改革前的许多宗教信仰领域一样，死者在英国各种规模的宗教行会中都是引人注目的存在。成员们期望公会在死后能为他们的灵魂祈祷并举行弥撒，并定期纪念以前的成员和恩人。然而，本文探讨了与死者建立兄弟般关系的新途径：招生实践后他们的死亡。这样做改变了我们对宗教改革前的社会、纪念和行会的多维功能的理解范式，平等地赋予死者和生者的经历，同时强调精神和社会经济的相互作用。本文以英格兰“伟大”行会的大​​量会员记录为基础，揭示了事后登记是一种普遍而普遍的做法，并解决了实用性和动机的问题。因此，中世纪晚期社会纪念活动的丰富性得到了体现，死后会员资格的重要性也凸显出来。