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The Hanseatic League
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Author: Christopher Rave
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Arrangement
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General Information
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History of the Hanseatic League
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Important members ( international )
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Regarding Soest
Author: Hansestadt Lübeck
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General information
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Association of different cities all over Europe
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Middle of 12th to 17th century
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Temporary nearly 200 members
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Trade of food, basic materials and convenience products
History
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Origin in Lübeck (German City)
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Round about 1200 Lübeck became important city for trade
with Baltic territories
-> Holy Roman Emperor Frederick the 2nd declared it
as Free and Imperial City
History
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Lübeck’s merchants started to trade fish (permanency
limited)
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=> Lübeck started trading with Hamburg
 Both
cities had a benefit from trading with each
other
„Salt“ road was found
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History
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1201 Cologne (already wealthy) joined the association
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1259 Rostock and Wismar also joined
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The Hanseatic Leagues‘ origin
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History
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1356 first „congress“ where all members met
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Until 1400 other important cities joined the association
(Novgorod, Riga, Krakow etc.)(about 120 - 160 members)
Original Author : San Jose
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History
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Within 16th century the center of trade moved to the south
and west of Europe
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Fishing of herrings migrated to North Sea
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Growth of other competition (Fugger family)
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=> Baltic merchants decided to trade with „new powers“
(Great Britain, Dutch)
History
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Lübeck lost bit by bit its influence
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Last desperate attempt made by Jurgen Wullenwever 153436
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=> let to war with Sweden, Denmark and
Netherlands
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=> was executed in 1537
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=> failed
Author: Agnete
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Important members
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Great Britain:
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Most important city: London
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Steelyard -> Residance of hanseatic merchants since
1475 (Hanseatic – Englisch War)
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Mainly exported goods: Wool and finished clothers
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Trade with foreign countries like Norway or Belgium
Important members
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Sweden
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Hanseatic Cities: Malmö, Kalmar, Stockholm, Visby
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Most trade with Baltic territories
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Export: tin, silver, icing, butter, cheese, leather, furs
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Import: salt, beer, wine, gold, diamonds etc.
Author: NordNordWest
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Important members
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Poland:
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Hanseatic Cities: Kolberg, Krakow, Danzig, Torun etc.
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Export: grain, wood, salt
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Main trades with Russia, Germany, Hungry
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Important members
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Turkey:
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No member of the hanseatic league
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Production of carpets in Konstantinopel
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Export overland, sea and the black sea
Regarding Soest
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One of the most important hanseatic cities
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Co-founders of Cityies like Lübeck (Soester Stadtrecht)
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In 10th century merchants from Soest began long –
distance trade with north
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Beneath Dortmund, Münster and Osnabrück capital of
westphalian trade
Regarding Soest
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Export:
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Salt
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Wine
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Weapons
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Grain
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Cattles
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Coloured cloth
Sources
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Pictures:
 http://commons.wikimedia.org/
 http://d-maps.com/
(marked)
 http://www.flickr.com
Sources
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Text:
 http://www.hansesail.de
 http://www.planet-wissen.de
 http://www.arte.tv
Sources
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Text:
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https://flagspot.net
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http://www.britannica.com/
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http://www.historytoday.com/
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http://www.hanse.org
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http://www.schwedenstube.de
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http://www.fortuna-verlag.de