Roland H Bainton Author

Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a German priest and theologian whose revolt against Church practices sparked the Reformation. He is regarded as the primary founder of Protestant Christianity, and as one of the pivotal figures of Western civilisation. Roland H. Bainton (1894-1984) was Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Yale University from 1936 to 1962. He dedicated much of his academic career to studying the Reformation. His most popular books was Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther (1950), which sold more than a million copies.