The Hanseatic League had no charter, no common treasury, no capital, not a single soldier, and in 1370, it forced the Danish kingdom to promise not to recognize a new king without the consent of the cities. It showed no list of its members to anyone, perhaps because it never existed.
0:00:00 Prologue
0:02:59 The City on the Swamp and White Gold
0:11:01 People Behind the Palisade
0:21:19 The King Who Besieged Visby
0:27:21 The Canal Against the Sea and Pirates Against Everyone
0:34:25 Hildebrand Feckinghusen and the Price of Honest Risk
0:42:07 The Road No One Noticed
0:48:58 A State Within a Union
0:56:36 The Decree That Closed the Gates
1:00:37 The Man Who Tried to Become a State
1:05:42 A Charter for What No Longer Was
1:12:47 Epilogue: How It Ended for Us
#Hansa #History #MiddleAges
The Hanseatic League had no charter, no common treasury, no capital, not a single soldier, and in 1370, it forced the Danish kingdom to promise not to recognize a new king without the consent of the cities. It showed no list of its members to anyone, perhaps because it never existed.
0:00:00 Prologue
0:02:59 The City on the Swamp and White Gold
0:11:01 People Behind the Palisade
0:21:19 The King Who Besieged Visby
0:27:21 The Canal Against the Sea and Pirates Against Everyone
0:34:25 Hildebrand Feckinghusen and the Price of Honest Risk
0:42:07 The Road No One Noticed
0:48:58 A State Within a Union
0:56:36 The Decree That Closed the Gates
1:00:37 The Man Who Tried to Become a State
1:05:42 A Charter for What No Longer Was
1:12:47 Epilogue: How It Ended for Us
#Hansa #History #MiddleAges