Episode 127 – Art and Culture of the Hanse
Art and culture of the Hanse is defined by the splendour of its town halls and the soaring spires of its parish churches, but there is more…
Episode 126 – A Brief History of Bremen
It’s the Hanseatic city of Bremen that’s full of drama! Different from the rest with its gutsy antics – sheltering pirates and irritating fellow Hansards. Bremen’s relationship with the Hanseatic League was as stormy as an Atlantic squall: expelled multiple times, it kept stubbornly rowing back, playing a growing role as other Hansards declined. Full of rebellions and political flip-flops, it’s a cocktail of historical lunacy. Here’s to Bremen!
Episode 125 – The Rise of Hamburg
Wars with Denmark and England dominate the 15th century. Built into these conflicts are internal tensions between the Hanse Cities
Episode 124– Decline & Fall (Part 2)
The fall of Lübeck from queen of the Baltic in 3 Acts, most of which committed by Jürgen Wullenwever, the populist Burgomaster
Episode 123– Decline & Fall (Part 1)
Wars with Denmark and England dominate the 15th century. Built into these conflicts are internal tensions between the Hanse Cities
Episode 122– Calamitous Victories
Wars with Denmark and England dominate the 15th century. Built into these conflicts are internal tensions between the Hanse Cities
Episode 121– A Constitutional Crisis
By 1400 the Hanse is at the height of its powers, but just 10 years later the association faces a mortal crisis
Episode 120– Money, Money, Money
How did the Hanse operate the other side of the equation – the money? Find out how the 15th century was already almost cashless…
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 118– Pirates
Klaus Stortebecker may have been a legend, but there were pirates in the Baltic in the 14th century and they were a danger to the Hansa