Tell me of the Hansa.

>>1169310
One of the most important European trade organisations of the middle ages which pretty much monopolised the North European trade through a network of mostly autonomous harbour cities. Declined in the Early Modern period when global trade became more important and imperial ambitions awakened in Europe.

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>>1169310
A bunch of pseudo-krauts who were bigger Jews than Venice, built up trade and basically owned the Baltic sea

Neither rich nor powerful nor german

>>1169409
>the hansa wasn't rich
what an absurd proposal. they were the richest.

>>1169414
being the richest in renaissance Germany is kinda like being the tallest midget

>>1169414
If the italian peninsula didn't exist maybe, if they were so rich why couldn't they hire mercenaries to fight petty barons? A eu/ck2 meme for sure