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The Hanseatic Shipyards: How Lübeck Forged Europe's Trade
After the Hanseatic League's rise, how did its ships actually get built? This episode takes you to the medieval shipyards of Lübeck, where a skilled workforce of carpenters, caulkers, and rope-makers turned Baltic oak into the cogs that carried cloth, salt, and herring across the sea. Lucas and Luna trace a single cog from keel-laying to launch: the chopping of the wood, the cladding of the hull, the rigging and the tar, the muddy yards where the city's wealth took shape. They meet the Schiffsbaumeister who oversaw the work, the guilds that protected their craft, and the merchants…
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