Episode 119– What was the Hansa
Historians have re-intepreted the Hanse for 200 years. The latest notion is that it was a network like ebay or Amazon. Does that make sense?
Episode 117– Embargoes
A story of plague and recovery first of the cities of the Hanseatic league and then of the broken kingdom of Denmark
Episode 114– The London Steelyard
We look at the great Hanseatic Kontor in London that goes back to 1176.
Episode 113– Bergen & Bruges
Today we will talk about the Bryggen, the famous Hanseatic Kontor or trading post in Bergen in western Norway.
Episode 112– Grain & Beer
A rundown of the history of the Hanseatic cities along the Baltic coast and the first large scale transport of grain in Europe since Roman times
Episode 111– Hewing & Herring
The humble herring turned out to be the most significant trade in the Hanseatic League
Episode 110– The Livonian Cities
Riga, Reval (=Tallin) and Dorpat (=Tartu) were the members of the Hanseatic League who ended up controlling the trade in fur and beeswax
Episode 109– Gotlandfahrer
Working on the new series about the Hanseatic League I come back to the question how this organisation (if it even was one) could be so enduring. It had no permanent institutions, no register of members and operated on the fringe of global trade…