What are your thoughts on the medieval hanseatic league?
>>3071869
Least favorite start date. All the could shits already happened and there's only a few hundred years left.
>>3071869
Only time Plattduutsch/low german was actually relevant
>>3071869
Judging by the name of it, it was supposedly lead by Hans.
>>3071869
Very good at trolling danes.
*blocks your path*
Wat nun Ältermann?
>>3072231
Wat nun Störtebecker?
>>3071869
baltic jews
>>3072479
>Germans are peaceful and trade
Jews
>Germans are militaristic
Huns
What would you like to have, then?
>>3072491
>>3072508
Lübeck was a member of the Hanseatic League at the time, and the city built it, not some imperial entity.
>>3072523
Was it? I remember reading about the HRE on the structure it self.
>>3072548
If I remember correctly Lübeck was atleast for a time the most important city of the Hanse.
>>3072479
German Jews
>>3072548
I just checked Wikipedia, it says the city improved the city walls because it became more wealthy through the Hanseatic League.
Lufthansa still bears the Hanseatic League's name
I love it.
>>3072610
>when the Hansa is the scale tipper in Swedish-Danish medieval power struggles
>>3071869
Anybody have good book recommendations for the Hanseatic League?
>>3072919
Hansa: History and Culture by Johannes Schildhauer
>>3072610
The new ships were their undoing, there was less need to make frequent stops at all the Hanseatic cities or use the Hamburg-Luebeck overland route.