THE PILGRIMAGE OF GRACE: A STUDY OF THE REBEL ARMIES OF OCTOBER 1536

First edition. Hardcover. Publisher's original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated with 11 maps throughout the text. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the very lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears.

This book studies the largest insurrection to occur in England between the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 and the English Civil War of the 1640s. It concentrates upon the nine rebel armies that were mobilised in the North during the month of October 1536, examining their recruitment, organisation, grievances and aims, as well as the impact they made upon the government of Henry VIII.