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The Hanseatic League's Slave Trade Secret
While the Hanseatic League is often remembered for its wool and grain monopolies in medieval Europe, a darker economic engine powered its rise: the human trade. In this episode, we trace how Lübeck merchants and their allies in Novgorod built a lucrative network trafficking enslaved people from Eastern Europe to Islamic markets via Bruges and Venice. We examine the role of Klaus Störtebeker, not just as a pirate, but as part of a broader maritime economy that blurred lines between piracy, privateering, and slave raiding. By exploring the Papal Bulls that tried to suppress…
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