Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther (Hardcover)

Roland H. Bainton

ISBN 10: 1619706040 / ISBN 13: 9781619706040

Published by Hendrickson Publishers Inc, Massachusetts, 2015

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Hardcover. With sound historical scholarship and penetrating insight, Roland Bainton examines Luthers widespread influence. He re-creates the spiritual setting of the sixteenth century, showing Luthers place within it and influence upon it. Richly illustrated with more than 100 woodcuts and engravings from Luthers 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.Hendrickson Classic Biographies feature enduring stories about real people whose lives have been touched and transformed by God, and who in turn have touched others with Gods love. Each story has been carefully selected, gently edited if necessary, and freshly typeset, making every accountbe it ancient or contemporarya compelling read. Great lives reaching across the ages to touch lives today, encouraging, challenging, and inspiring. 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. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers Inc, Massachusetts
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1619706040
• ISBN 13: 9781619706040
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

This classic offers a compelling portrait of the Reformer who dared to follow God against powerful opposition. Bainton's words are punctuated by more than one hundred Renaissance drawings, woodcuts, and engravings from Luther's own era, all from Bainton's personal collection. Hardcover.

About the Author

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.