Encyclopedia entry: Hanseatic League

Hanseatic League.(Reference Source)
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.;  January 1, 1993 ;     700+ words ... Hanseatic League h ă n &sstr; s ē ă t & ...

Article: The Hanseatic League and Freedom of Trade
Journal of Private Enterprise;  October 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...The Hanseatic League was an unusual entity. It was embedded in the Holy Roman Empire ... to protect its commerce against unrestrained governments. The Hanseatic League had no finances, army or fleet of its own. There were no Hanseatic ...

Article: The Hanseatic League and freedom of trade.(Report)
Journal of Private Enterprise;  September 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ...The Hanseatic League was an unusual entity. It was embedded in the Holy Roman Empire ... to protect its commerce against unrestrained governments. The Hanseatic League had no finances, army or fleet of its own. There were no Hanseatic ...

Article: Rise Of The Hanseatic League: Part I.
History of the World;      700+ words ... ... are not an original product of the present age. The Hanseatic League, or Hansa - the word meaning a society, union - was the ... constantly extended the municipal rights and privileges. The Hanseatic League at one time nearly monopolized the whole trade of Europe ...

Article: [ Whatever happened to the Hanseatic League? ]
Chicago Sun-Times;  February 20, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Whatever happened to the Hanseatic League? A medieval trade association of some northern European ... another such report should put the UN in the company of the Hanseatic League. UN inaction on Iraq is further proof of its irrelevance

Hanseatic League.
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.;  January 1, 2000 ;     656 words ...Hanseatic League , mercantile league of medieval German towns. It was amorphous in character; its origin cannot be dated exactly. Originally ...

Article: The first common market? In the 13th century a remarkable trading ...
History Today;  July 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ...[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Hanseatic League, or Hansa, began as a northern European trading confederation ... 750 years ago, is widely regarded as the origin of the Hanseatic League. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The origin of the term 'Hansa ...