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The Hansa: History and Culture Hardcover – January 1, 1988

by Johannes Schildhauer (Author)
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Hansa - Hanseatic Town - Hansa Cog- are terms which are familiar to anyone interested in northern European History. The Hanseatic period has left behind many-the towns with their churches, town halls and patrician houses, a unique architectural flavor, and the ruins of mighty defences,-the town seals, public documents and chronicles,-the cogs, those one-masted sailing ships with their typical profile, and all the sagas and songs about the trade they plied and the escapades of their pirates,-the paintings and sculptures scattered along the coastal regions of the North and Baltic Seas.Hanseatic history is a chapter, not only in the history of northern and central Germany, but in that of other countries in the regions around those tow seas; the records of a Hanseatic past which still inspire the admirations of today's observers testify to the outstanding cultural accomplishment of Hanseatic burghers.What kind of people built those impressive towns five and six centuries ago? What kind of life did they lead? How did they work and where did they live? Did they have access to education? How did trade and seafaring influence their occupations and their character? What role did church and religion play in their society? How was their mentality expresses in their literature, music and visual arts? And were they conscious of their own history?This book seeks to answer those questions in words and in pictures. It sketches in outline the emergence and evolution of this extraordinary historical phenomenon, its heyday and its demise, demonstrating the international operation and influence of the Hansa which, first as a company of merchants and then as a League of towns, encouraged the economic unity of the lands around the North Sea and the Baltic.
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  1. Language
    English
  2. Publisher
    Dorset Pr
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    January 1, 1988
  4. ISBN-10
    0880291826
  5. ISBN-13
    978-0880291828
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dorset Pr; 1st English Edition (January 1, 1988)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0880291826
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0880291828
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3 pounds
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H. Jonat Hecht
5.0 out of 5 stars The Hansa, medieval town culture
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2001
Joh. Schildhauer and the translator captured the special flair of the Hanseatic Cities such as Cologne, Luebeck, Deventer, Bremen, Hamburg, Kiel, Brunswick, Erfurt, Goslar, Halle, Magdeburg, Berlin, Wismar, Rostock, Greifswald, Stettin, Breslau, Krakau, Kolberg, Danzig, Elbing, Thorn, Koenigsberg, Riga , Dorpat, Visby and the many affiliated Hansa stations. He describes life of the towns people,their Low German Language of the Hansa city self-government. Many illustrations of the unique architecture and art works accompany the book. Schildhauer shows sigillums of cities with the Hansa Kogge, coggs, the merchant ships and shows how the independend city self governments relied on trade guilds furnishing their own self protection armies. A Rostock University Matriculation Register from 1419-1760 can be seen in the University Archives. A Luebeck 1494 bible- Dat boek- in Low German , from before Luther's times, is in the Stralsund Museum. All in all , a very beautiful book, which hopefully will be re-published again.
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Brian Wayne Wells
5.0 out of 5 stars The History of the Hanseatic League is Reviewed
Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2015
This is the leading history of the Hanseatic League which still remains in print.
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