The Hansa Towns
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The Story of the Nations.
THE HANSA TOWNS.
THE STORY OF THE NATIONS.
1. ROME. Arthur Gilman, M.A.
2. THE JEWS. Prof. J. K. Hosmer.
3. GERMANY. Rev. S. Baring-Gould, M.A.
4. CARTHAGE. Prof. A. J. Church.
5. ALEXANDER'S EMPIRE. Prof. J. P. Mahaffy.
6. THE MOORS IN SPAIN. Stanley Lane-Poole.
7. ANCIENT EGYPT. Canon Rawlinson.
8. HUNGARY. Prof. A. Vambéry.
Helen Zimmern
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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