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Hanseatic League

The Hanseatic League, commonly called The Hansa, was a medieval commercial and defensive network of merchant guilds and market towns in Central and Northern Europe. Growing from Lübeck and a few other North German towns in the late 12th century, the league expanded between the 13th and 15th centuries, ultimately encompassing nearly 200 settlements across…

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Informal capital
Lübeck
Lingua franca
Middle Low German
Membership
Various cities across the region of the Baltic and North Seas

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related to Further reading · 107
Hanseatic League → An Economic History, April, Archived, Arnved, ASIN B000NX1CE2, Ault, Baltic Connections, Baltic Sea Trade, Barnes, Bergen, Boston, Boydell Press, Brand, Brill, Böhlau Verlag, Clarendon Press, Colvin, Darstellungen, December, Dirk
related to Historiography · 56
Hanseatic League → Academic, After, Ahasver, Alexander, At, Baltic, Barthold's Geschichte, Brandt's, But, Cowan, Denmark, Deutschen Hansa, First World War, Fritz Rörig, GDR, Georg Sartorius, German, Gordon Scott, Guide, Hanseatic
related to history · 35
Hanseatic League → Adolf II, As, Baltic, Baltic Sea, Bavaria, Birka, CE, Count, Duke, England, Exploratory, Flanders, German, Gotland, Haithabu, Hanseatic, Henry, Historians, Holstein, Kaliningrad
related to Aftermath · 20
Hanseatic League → Berlin, Bremen, Britain, Free Cities, Germany, Hamburg, Hanseatic, Hanseatic Cities, Hanseatic Republics, Leopold, Lübeck, Nonetheless, Peace, Ryswick, Tagfahrt, The, The Hanseatic League, Turks, United States, Vincent Rumpff
related to In popular culture · 19
Hanseatic League → American, Anderson, Andreas Steding, Argentum Verlag, German, Hansa, Hansa Teutonica, Hanza, In, Kevin, Metro, Patrician, Ring Line, Saga, Seven Suns, Spiral Arm, Stations, Terran Hanseatic League, The Commonwealth
related to Organization · 18
Hanseatic League → Baltic, Dinant, Emden, German, Hansards, However, It, Klaipėda, League, Low German, Low German-speaking, Memel, Narva, Not, The, The Hanseatic League, Viborg, Vyborg
related to External links · 14
Hanseatic League → Archived, German WikisourceColchester, GreshamThe Lost Port, Hanseatic, Hanseatic LeagueHanseatic Cities, International Hansa Days, League, Maritime, NetherlandsHanseatic League Historical Re-enactors, Novgorod30th International Hansa Days, October, Pärnu-EstoniaChronology, Sutton, Wayback MachineHanseatic Towns NetworkHanseatic
related to Drittel · 10
Hanseatic League → Diet's, Drittel, Dritteltage, German, Hanseatic, Hansetag, However, On, The, The Hansetag
Informal capital · 1
Hanseatic League → Lübeck
Lingua franca · 1
Hanseatic League → Middle Low German

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hanseatic league trade cities lübeck german hansa century towns members baltic trading novgorod economic also merchants kontor became privileges city

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Hanseatic LeagueInformal capitalLübeck1.00infobox
Hanseatic LeagueLingua francaMiddle Low German1.00infobox
Hanseatic LeagueMembershipVarious cities across the region of the Baltic and North Seas1.00infobox
Cologne enjoyed trading privileges in Flandersinstance ofcities of the Rhineland0.80text
Englandinstance ofcities of the Rhineland0.80text
Bremeninstance ofbut seaports0.80text
Hamburginstance ofbut seaports0.80text
Riga dominated trade on their riversinstance ofbut seaports0.80text
graininstance ofwas the export of bulk products0.80text
timber to Englandinstance ofwas the export of bulk products0.80text
the Low Countriesinstance ofwas the export of bulk products0.80text
later on Spaininstance ofwas the export of bulk products0.80text

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