Dr Michael Bush investigates the interpretations of the pilgrimage of grace. Our perception of the pilgrimage of grace has been largely created by Madeleine and Ruth Dodds and their magnificent book The Pilgrimage of Grace, 1536-7, and the Exeter Conspiracy, 1538 (Cambridge). Published in 1915, it has dominated the subject ever since. Most unusually for a historical work, it remains academically appreciated eighty-three years on: so much so that, long out of print, copies on the second-hand book market are snapped up for large sums of money. Its main strength lies not only in its brilliant narrative but also in its open-minded, non-sectarian and pluralistic approach. Rather than thrust within a thesis, or stretched on a rack of analysis, the evidence is allowed to speak for itself.