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The Hanseatic League: Germany's Medieval Trade Empire
Long before the European Union or the German Customs Union, a network of merchant towns dominated trade across the Baltic and North Seas. This episode explores the Hanseatic League — the Hanse — a confederation of cities like Lübeck, Hamburg, and Bremen that controlled commerce from London to Novgorod for over 400 years. Lucas and Luna discuss how the Hanse emerged from the ruins of the Holy Roman Empire, how the cog ship revolutionized cargo, and how the Kontore in Bergen and Bruges operated as self-governing enclaves. They examine the League's military conflicts with Denmark, its…
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