This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. This volume brings together two important contemporary

Publisher's description: Luther's Lives is the first eyewitness account of the life of Martin Luther ever to be translated into English. It contains the writing

Martin Luther’s historical significance can hardly be overstated. Known as the father of the Protestant Reformation, no single figure has had a greater impact

For the first time in any language, a book examines the life of Hans Luther, the German statesman whose career began at the tail end of the Second Empire and en