Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther (Hendrickson Classic Biographies)

With sound historical scholarship and penetrating insight, Roland
Bainton examines Luther s widespread influence. He re-creates the
spiritual setting of the sixteenth century, showing Luther s place
within it and influence upon it. Richly illustrated with more than
100 woodcuts and engravings from Luther s own time, Here I Stand
dramatically brings to life Martin Luther, the great Reformer.
A specialist in Reformation history, Roland H. Bainton was for
forty-two years Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastical History at
Yale, and he continued his writing well into his twenty years of
retirement. Bainton wore his scholarship lightly and had a lively,
readable style. His most popular book was Here I Stand: A Life of
Martin Luther (1950), which sold more than a million copies.
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today, encouraging, challenging, and inspiring.""