1. The HanseaticLeague A tradingalliance

2. The HanseaticLeague • Economicalliance • Trading – anything from gold to stockfish • Late Middle Ages • The coast Allpostersimages.com

3. Map Wikipedia.com

4. Hanseatictradingroutesand expansion www.bergenfjords.com

5. Beginning Lübeck and Hamburg LaterScandinavia, Russia and Western Europe http://www.4.bp.blogspot.com

6. Trading posts in every city = Kontors No closely-managedorganisation Meetings in Lübeck www.cornerstonesworld.com

7. 170 cities Main trading posts: London, Bruges, Bergen and Novgorod www.snl.no

8. Hanseaticleague • Whatwastheinternalstructure like? • No leader • All membershadthe same rights • Didn`tcollecttaxesamongthemembers • The leaguewasn`t a community • It was an allianceofcommoninterests • Ifthey`re problems they`renormally met in Luebeck

9. Howdidthemembersprotecteachother? • Iftherewas a threatthecitiescometogehter for a short time to agreecommonpolicies • members of the league who did not obey the hanseaticrules were expelled from the league.

10. The End 16th century http://t2.gstatic.com/ • Weak position • Swedish Empire • Heinrich Südermann • Hanse-cities

11. Sources • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanseatic_League • http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRKcawb9J5tHOvzicfPkLT11N56WCUpPwLsyI5ofkttiiZG_ka- • http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS8RZuC9yt-4ToO-Wk1u_tHsf6-Wi69Vo_RvhQSvWOgQmSlOobG • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Extent_of_the_Hansa.jpg • http://diepresse.com/home/wirtschaft/international/531936/Die-Hanse-nahm-Kurs-auf-Amerika • http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanse