The Hansa Towns
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About This Book
Originally published in 1891. Helen Zimmern English History / Hamburg Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Obscure Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Chapters (351)(click to expand)
- THE HANSA TOWNS
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- STORY OF THE HANSA TOWNS.
- PROEM.
- PERIOD I.
- THE DAWN OF A GREAT TRADE GUILD.
- FEDERATION.
- FOREIGN TRADE.
- THE HANSA FIGHTS.
- PERIOD II.
- LÜBECK RECEIVES AN IMPERIAL VISITOR.
- THE TOWNS IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY.
- THE VICTUAL BROTHERS.
- THE FACTORY OF BERGEN.
- THE HANSEATIC COMMERCE WITH DENMARK, SWEDEN, AND RUSSIA.
- THE COMMERCE OF THE LEAGUE WITH THE NETHERLANDS AND SOUTHERN EUROPE.
- THE STEELYARD IN LONDON.
- THE ORGANIZATION OF THE HANSEATIC LEAGUE.
- PERIOD III.
- INTRODUCTION.
- STORM CLOUDS.
- KING FREDERICK AND KING GUSTAVUS VASA.
- WULLENWEBER.
- THE HANSA LOSES ITS COLONIES.
- THE LEAGUE IN THE NETHERLANDS.
- THE END OF THE HANSA'S DOMINION IN ENGLAND.
- THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR KILLS THE LEAGUE.
- THE SURVIVORS.
- EPILOGUE.
- INDEX.
- FOOTNOTES
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