Here I Stand: A Life Of Martin Luther

With sound historical scholarship and penetrating insight, RolandBainton examines Luther's widespread influence. He re-creates thespiritual setting of the sixteenth century, showing Luther's placewithin it and influence upon it. Richly illustrated with more than100 woodcuts and engravings from Luther's own time, Here I Standdramatically brings to life Martin Luther, the great Reformer.

A specialist in Reformation history, Roland H. Bainton was forforty-two years Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Yale, and he continued his writing well into his twenty years ofretirement. Bainton wore his scholarship lightly and had a lively,readable style. His most popular book was Here I Stand: A Life ofMartin Luther (1950), which sold more than a million copies.

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