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| Preface | [vii] |
| Proem | [1]-[7] |
| | PERIOD I. | |
| | I. |
| The Dawn of a Great Trade Guild | [11]-[20] |
| | Teutonic Merchants, [15]—Travelling in Early Times, [17]—Originof the Guilds, [19]. |
| | II. |
| Federation | [21]-[29] |
| | The Story of "Winetha," [23]—The Island of Gothland, [25]—"SaltKolberg," [27]—Unhansing, [29]. |
| | III. |
| Foreign Trade | [30]-[47] |
| | Social Conditions, [31]—Enslavement of the Middle Class, [35]—ItalianInfluences, [37]—Burgher Home Rule, [43]—Leagueof the Baltic Towns, [45]—The Title "Hansa," [47]. |
| | IV. |
| The Hansa Fights | [48]-[69] |
| | The Herring Fisheries, [49]—Waldemar, [51]—The First Attack,[53]—Sack of Wisby, [55]—Copenhagen Plundered, [57]—Punishmentof Wittenborg, [59]—The Cologne Federation, [61]—GrowingStrength of the League, [63]—Flight of Waldemar, [65]—Treatyof Stralsund, [67]—A Curious Chapter in History, [69]. |
| |
| | PERIOD II. |
| | THE HISTORY OF THE HANSEATIC LEAGUE,FROM 1370 TO THE PUBLIC PEACE OF 1495,DECREED IN GERMANY BY MAXIMILIAN I. |
| | I. |
| Lübeck Receives an Imperial Visitor | [73]-[81] |
| | Hesitation of Lübeck, [75]—Procession from St. Gertrude'sChapel, [77]—Lübeck Hospitality, [79]—Records of the Visit, [81]. |
| | II. |
| The Towns in the Fourteenth Century | [82]-[125] |
| | The Ban of the Hansa, [83]—Submission of Brunswick, [85]—Prominenceof the Cities, [87]—Population of Lübeck, [89]—Characteristicsof the Germans, [91]—Independence of theTowns, [93]—The Maritime Ports, [95]—Exports of the Hansa,[97]—Conditions of Trade, [101]—Specie, Credit, and Bills, [103]—TheExtent of Mediæval Trade, [105]—The Churches andReligious Buildings, [107]—Hanseatic Architecture and Art, [109]—Scienceand Literature, [111]—The May Emperor, [113]—Customs,Restrictions, and Regulations, [117]—Luxury in Dress,[119]—The Town Council, [121]—The Town-hall, [123]—MediævalPatriotism, [125]. |
| | III. |
| The Victual Brothers | [126]-[136] |
| | Plunder of Bergen, [127]—Stortebeker, [129]—Simon of Utrecht,[131]—Execution of Stortebeker, [133]. |
| | IV. |
| The Factory of Bergen | [137]-[147] |
| | History of Bergen, [139]—Shoemaker's Alley, [141]—Constitutionof the Factory, [143]—Barbarous Practices, [147]. |
| | V. |
| The Hanseatic Commerce with Denmark,Sweden, and Russia | [148]-[162] |
| | Skânoe and Falsterbo, [149]—The Pious Brotherhood ofMalmö, [151]—The Hansa at Novgorod, [153]—The Court of St.Peter, [155]—Furs, Metals, Honey, and Wax, [157]—The Lombardsversus the Hansa, [159]—Ivan the Terrible Sacks Novgorod,[161]. |
| | VI. |
| The Commerce of the League with theNetherlands and Southern Europe | [163]-[178] |
| | The Flemish Trade Guilds, [165]—Hansa Factory at Bruges,[167]—Suspension of Trade with Flanders, [169]—Trade withAntwerp, [171]—Relations with France, [173]—The Hansa inPortugal and Italy, [175]—Italian Culture in South Germany,[177]. |
| | VII. |
| The Steelyard in London | [179]-[201] |
| | The Hanseatic Rothschilds, [181]—Hanseatics Hated by thePeople, [183]—Rupture with England, [185]—The Key to theCity's Commerce, [187]—Description of the Steelyard, [189]—InnerLife of the Factory, [191]—The English Conciliated, [193]—Depôtsthroughout England, [195]—The Hansa's Part inCeremonies, [199]—Religion of the English Hanseatics, [201]. |
| | VIII. |
| The Organization of the Hanseatic League | [202]-[208] |
| | The Diets, [203]—Minutes of the Diet's Proceedings, [205]. |
| |
| | PERIOD III. |
| | THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE HANSA. |
| Introduction | [211]-[216] |
| | Decay of the Feudal System, [213]—The Thirty Years' War,[215]. |
| | I. |
| Storm Clouds | [217]-[235] |
| | Charles V. of Germany, [219]—Gustavus Appeals to Lübeck,[223]—Cruelty of Christian II., [225]—Gustavus Lands inSweden, [227]—Lübeck Aids Gustavus, [229]—Christian II.deposed, [231]—Christian II. Abjures Lutheranism, [233]—Christian'sMemory, [235]. |
| | II. |
| King Frederick and King Gustavus Vasa | [236]-[239] |
| | "Put not thy trust in Princes," [237]—Gustavus Quarrelswith Lübeck, [239]. |
| | III. |
| Wullenweber | [240]-[282] |
| | The Religious Movement, [241]—Lübeck Espouses Lutheranism,[243]—Max Meyer, [245]—Capture of Spanish Ships, [247]—Christopherof Oldenburg, [251]—Congress at Hamburg, [253]—Wullenweber'sProjects, [255]—Disorder in Lübeck, [257]—Hostilitiesin Denmark, [259]—Escape of Max Meyer, [261]—Battleof Assens, [263]—Cologne's Reproach, [265]—NicholasBrömse, [267]—Resignation of Wullenweber, [269]—Imprisonmentof Wullenweber, [271]—The Rack, [275]—Unfair Trial,[277]—Execution of Wullenweber, [279]. |
| | IV. |
| The Hansa Loses its Colonies | [283]-[305] |
| | Emancipation of Sweden, [285]—New Route to Russia, [287]—Historyof Livonia, [289]—Livonia Repudiates the Hansa, [291]—IvanSeizes Livonia, [293]—Stupefaction of Germany, [295]—WarAgainst Sweden, [297]—Warning of the Duke of Alva,[299]—Bornholm Ceded to Denmark, [301]—Embassy to theMuscovite Court, [303]—The League Dissolves, [305]. |
| | V. |
| The League in the Netherlands | [306]-[323] |
| | Causes of Failure in the West, [307]—Dissension Among theTowns, [309]—Depôt Established at Antwerp, [311]—DangerousInnovations, [315]—General Insecurity of Commerce, [317]—Insubordinationof the Hanseatics, [319]—The Antwerp Factoryin Danger, [321]—Trade with the Low Countries, [323]. |
| | VI. |
| The End of the Hansa's Dominion inEngland | [324]-[353] |
| | Restrictions on the English Trade, [325]—Complaints of theLondoners, [329]—Trade Regulations Broken, [331]—QueenMary Favours the Hansa, [333]—English Grievances, [335]—Negotiationswith Elizabeth, [337]—Internal Disunion, [339]—TheSteelyard Insubordinate, [341]—Hamburg Adjusts itsPolicy, [343]—The Good Old Privileges, [345]—ConservativeLübeck, [347]—Seizure of Hanseatic Vessels, [349]—Expulsionof Hanseatics from England, [351]—The Steelyard Property,[353]. |
| | VII. |
| The Thirty Years' War Kills the League | [354]-[364] |
| | Gustavus Adolphus, [355]—Wallenstein's Project, [357]—ImperialGraciousness, [359]—The War Storm Breaks, [361]. |
| | VIII. |
| The Survivors | [365]-[378] |
| | "Sic transit gloria mundi," [369]—Napoleon and the ThreeCities, [371]—Note, [375]. |
| Epilogue | [379]-[386] |
| Index | [387] |
