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Sep 26, 2024 · The very foundations of Hanseatic power were crumbling. An alliance of the Hanse with Norway and Sweden was broken by Danish diplomacy, and in 1367 representatives of the Hanseatic cities met in Cologne and decided on a common military action.
Even modern-sounding ideas like climate change played their part, as shoals of herring, a key Hanseatic commodity, moved out of the Baltic in the 15th Century in search of warmer waters elsewhere.
Mar 8, 2019 · The Hanseatic League (also known as Hansa, Hanse, 1356-1862 CE) was a federation of north German towns and cities formed in the 12th century CE to facilitate trade and protect mutual interests.
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The Hanse had acquired a wide range of trading privileges in their main Kontors in England, Flanders, Norway and the Republic of Novgorod. These privileges did not only disadvantage the locals who were unsurprisingly hostile but also challenged the authority of the princes.
Oct 11, 2015 · English Resistance to the Hanse. In 1157, the Hanse convinced Henry II of England to exempt their merchants from paying tolls in London and to be able to trade freely at fairs across England. The Hanse were also granted a charter from Henry III forming a powerful Hanseatic group in London.
Sep 26, 2024 · Hanseatic League, organization founded by north German towns and German merchant communities abroad to protect their mutual trading interests. The league dominated commercial activity in northern Europe from the 13th to the 15th century.
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Mar 14, 2024 · In the course of the 13th century, the situation changed. The richest merchants, mostly trading from port towns, continued their long distance trade overseas but stayed at home and organized their trade from there.
