The Travail of Religious Liberty: Nine Biographical Studies

by Roland H. Bainton

Book Overview

The pages of history are filled with stories of men and women burned at the stake, exiled, and ostracized in the name of religion. Thus Roland Bainton explains the struggle within the Christian Church to achieve religious liberty by telling, in popular biographical style, nine stories of sincere people--both persecutors and persecuted--who took part in the struggle. Bainton's biographies begin with Thomas of Torquemada, instrument of the Roman Catholic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556358768
• ISBN13: 9781556358760
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.3"