Hanseatic league

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• Hanseatic League — The Hanseatic League (also known as the Hansa) was an alliance of trading cities and their guilds that established and maintained trade monopoly along the coast of Northern Europe, from the Baltic to the North Sea and inland, during the Late… …   Wikipedia

• Hanseatic League — a medieval league of towns of northern Germany and adjacent countries for the promotion and protection of commerce. Also called Hansa. * * * or Hansa (from German Hanse, association ) Organization founded in the late medieval period by northern… …   Universalium

• Hanseatic league — Hanse Hanse, n. [G. hanse, or F. hanse (from German), OHG. & Goth. hansa; akin to AS. h[=o]s band, troop.] An association; a league or confederacy. [1913 Webster] {Hanse towns} (Hist.), certain commercial cities in Germany which associated… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• List of ships of the Hanseatic League — This is a list of ships of the Hanseatic League.* Peter von DanzigExternal links* [http://www.modelships.de/Verkaufte Schiffe/Hanse Schiff 1/Hansa ship.htm Hanseatic League ship of 1470] High resolution photos of a model*… …   Wikipedia

• List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to the Hanseatic League — The United Kingdom had a diplomatic repesentative to the Hanseatic League until German unification. The representative was usually only a resident, but sometimes he was also minister plenipotentiary to Lower Saxony. He was usually resident at… …   Wikipedia

• Hanseatic flags — are the banners of Hanseatic cities, that were flown by cogs and other ships of the Hanseatic league as illustrated on the 1350 seal of Elbing shown here. HistoryOriginally, Hanseatic ships displayed red gonfalones on their masts, which had a… …   Wikipedia

• Hanseatic — may refer to:* The Hanseatic League, a trading alliance in northern Europe in existence between the 13th and 17th centuries. * The Hanseatic Parliament, an association of business chambers around the Baltic Sea, founded in the early 1990s. *… …   Wikipedia

• Hanseatic — Han se*at ic (h[a^]n s[ e]*[a^]t [i^]k), a. Pertaining to the Hanse towns, or to their confederacy. [1913 Webster] {Hanseatic league}. See under 2d {Hanse}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Hanseatic Parliament — The Hanseatic Parliament (Hanse Parlament) is an association of business chambers (Chambers of Crafts, Chambers of Commerce and similar) around the Baltic Sea Region with the common goal to promote the small and medium sized companies (SME’s) in… …   Wikipedia

• Hanseatic Legion — The Hanseatic Legion was a military unit, first formed of a group of citizens of Hamburg. They had met in 1813 on the instigation of General Friedrich Karl von Tettenborn, in order to fight in the War of the Sixth Coalition. This association of… …   Wikipedia