A Companion to the Hanseatic League

Contents

List of Maps and Figures vi

List of Contributors vii

Introduction 1

Donald J. Harreld

Part 1

General Hanse History

1 The Early Hansas 15
Rolf Hammel-Kiesow

2 The ‘Golden Age’ of the Hanseatic League 64
Jürgen Sarnowsky

3 The Hanseatic League in the Early Modern Period 101
Michael North

Part 2

Themes in Hanse History

4 Kontors and Outposts 127
Mike Burkhardt

5 Social Networks 162
Ulf Christian Ewert and Stephan Selzer

6 The Baltic Trade 194
Carsten Jahnke

Bibliography 241

Index 274