Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther
Bainton published
Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther in 1950. As of 2006, it is still in print. Kenneth Scott Latourette, in the chapter notes for "Luther and the Rise and Spread of Lutheranism" in his
History of Christianity, lauds Bainton's biography of Luther as "A superb combination of accurate scholarship based upon a thorough knowledge of the sources and secondary works with insight, vivid, readable literary style, and reproductions of contemporary illustrations. It also contains so valuable a bibliography as to render needless an extended one in this chapter."
In his chapter on Luther's writings in
Invitation to the Classics, Mark A. Noll singles out Bainton's biography: "Of the many superlative treatments, a half-century old study by Roland Bainton,
Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther, has justly won a reputation as a classic work on a classic subject."
The Reformation of the Sixteenth Century
This volume went to press in 1952. Its value, also, is acknowledged by Latourette in the chapter notes on "Luther and the Rise and Spread of Lutheranism" (see note on
Here I Stand), thus, "An admirable popular brief summary by an outstanding specialist".
Other Works
(Non-exhaustive)
- The Age of Reformation
- Behold the Christ: A portrayal of Christ in words and pictures
- Christian Attitudes Toward War and Peace
- Christianity
- The Church of Our Fathers
- Erasmus of Christendom
- Hunted Heretic: The Life and Death of Michael Servetus, 1511-1553
- The Travail of Religious Liberty
- Women of the Reformation in France and England
- Women of the Reformation in Germany and Italy
- Bernardino Ochino, esule e riformatore senese del Cinquecento 1487-1563, Firenze, La Nuova Italia 1940
- "Christendom - A Short History of Christianity and its Impact on Western Civilization," in two volumes, 1964
Notes
Books by Roland Bainton