{"id":3959155,"date":"2023-01-31T17:19:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T16:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/escales.ponant.com\/?p=3959155"},"modified":"2024-06-26T14:11:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T12:11:44","slug":"hansa-rise-power-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/escales.ponant.com\/us\/hansa-rise-power-decline\/","title":{"rendered":"Rise, power and decline of Hansa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=\u201d1\u2033 _builder_version=\u201d4.16\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d custom_padding=\u201d0px||0px||false|false\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][et_pb_row _builder_version=\u201d4.16\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d max_width=\u201d900px\u201d custom_padding=\u201d0px||0px||true|false\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][et_pb_column type=\u201d4_4\u2033 _builder_version=\u201d4.16\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u201d4.19.2\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d header_2_font=\u201d|300|||||||\u201d header_2_text_color=\u201d#334556\u2033 header_2_font_size=\u201d38px\u201d header_2_line_height=\u201d1.4em\u201d header_3_font=\u201d|600|||||||\u201d header_3_text_color=\u201d#307f90\u2033 header_3_font_size=\u201d26px\u201d custom_padding=\u201d0px||0px||true|\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Three centuries of commercial supremacy<\/strong><\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>An unprecedented trade alliance in the Middle Ages that knew neither borders nor central powers, Hansa or the Hanseatic League brought together over 150 trading posts, with the main ones adjacent to the North Sea and Baltic Sea. Let\u2019s find out more.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=\u201d4.19.2\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d background_enable_color=\u201doff\u201d background_enable_image=\u201doff\u201d width_tablet=\u201d\u201d width_phone=\u201d\u201d width_last_edited=\u201don|phone\u201d max_width=\u201d900px\u201d module_alignment=\u201dcenter\u201d custom_padding=\u201d||5px||false|false\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][et_pb_column type=\u201d4_4\u2033 _builder_version=\u201d4.16\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d background_enable_color=\u201doff\u201d background_enable_image=\u201doff\u201d background_size=\u201dcontain\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u201d4.19.2\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d text_font=\u201d||||||||\u201d text_line_height=\u201d1.8em\u201d link_font=\u201d||||on||||\u201d header_2_font=\u201d|300|||||||\u201d header_2_text_color=\u201d#334556\u2033 header_2_font_size=\u201d38px\u201d header_3_font=\u201d|600|||||||\u201d header_3_text_color=\u201d#307f90\u2033 header_3_font_size=\u201d26px\u201d header_3_line_height=\u201d1.4em\u201d header_4_font=\u201d|600|||||||\u201d header_4_text_color=\u201d#334556\u2033 header_4_font_size=\u201d22px\u201d header_4_line_height=\u201d1.5em\u201d header_5_font=\u201d|700|||||||\u201d header_5_text_color=\u201d#307f90\u2033 header_5_font_size=\u201d18px\u201d header_5_line_height=\u201d1.4em\u201d header_6_font=\u201d|600|||||||\u201d header_6_font_size=\u201d16px\u201d header_6_line_height=\u201d1.4em\u201d text_orientation=\u201djustified\u201d custom_padding=\u201d0px||27px||false|false\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>A new trade route in northern Europe<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In 1158, when the town of L\u00fcbeck in Germany was founded, it marked the start of new stakes for trade in the North Sea and Baltic Sea areas. The latter was quickly seen as the \u201cWest\u2019s gateway to the East\u201d says Hanseatic League specialist Philippe Dollinger in his book <em>The Hanse: 12th-17th Century<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Previously dominated by the Scandinavians (including the Vikings), the <strong>Baltic Sea <\/strong>was no longer seen as <em>\u201ca cul-de-sac closed off by icy riverbanks: it was a <strong>trade site <\/strong>that opened onto Russian rivers, towards the <strong>large markets of Novgorod and Smolensk<\/strong>, where more remote lands, from the shores of the White Sea to the Muslim and Byzantine East, brought <strong>rare and exclusive products <\/strong>from far away.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=\u201dhttps:\/\/escales.ponant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iStock-639947032-1.jpg\u201d alt=\u201dHistoire de la ligue hans\u00e9atique\u201d title_text=\u201dhistoire-la-hanse\u201d align=\u201dcenter\u201d _builder_version=\u201d4.19.2\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u201d4.19.2\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d text_font=\u201d||||||||\u201d text_line_height=\u201d1.8em\u201d link_font=\u201d||||on||||\u201d header_2_font=\u201d|300|||||||\u201d header_2_text_color=\u201d#334556\u2033 header_2_font_size=\u201d38px\u201d header_3_font=\u201d|600|||||||\u201d header_3_text_color=\u201d#307f90\u2033 header_3_font_size=\u201d26px\u201d header_3_line_height=\u201d1.4em\u201d header_4_font=\u201d|600|||||||\u201d header_4_text_color=\u201d#334556\u2033 header_4_font_size=\u201d22px\u201d header_4_line_height=\u201d1.5em\u201d header_5_font=\u201d|700|||||||\u201d header_5_text_color=\u201d#307f90\u2033 header_5_font_size=\u201d18px\u201d header_5_line_height=\u201d1.4em\u201d header_6_font=\u201d|600|||||||\u201d header_6_font_size=\u201d16px\u201d header_6_line_height=\u201d1.4em\u201d text_orientation=\u201djustified\u201d custom_padding=\u201d0px||27px||false|false\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Trading posts<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>German villages subsequently sprang up along the coastlines of the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, strengthening existing long-standing economic ties between Cologne and London. \u201cFurs and wax for lighting left from Novgorod. Wood and cereals came from Prussia and Poland, while wool came from England. Manufactured products, mainly sheets, were exported from Flanders until the middle of the 14th century, then from England and Holland after that\u201d explains Jacques-Marie Vaslin, lecturer at the Institut d\u2019administration des entreprises d\u2019Amiens in his article \u201cThe Hanseatic League\u201d published by <em>Le Monde<\/em> in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=\u201dhttps:\/\/escales.ponant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iStock-828464870-1.jpg\u201d alt=\u201dHistoire de la ligue hans\u00e9atique\u201d title_text=\u201dhistoire-la-hanse\u201d align=\u201dcenter\u201d _builder_version=\u201d4.19.2\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u201d4.19.2\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d text_font=\u201d||||||||\u201d text_line_height=\u201d1.8em\u201d link_font=\u201d||||on||||\u201d header_2_font=\u201d|300|||||||\u201d header_2_text_color=\u201d#334556\u2033 header_2_font_size=\u201d38px\u201d header_3_font=\u201d|600|||||||\u201d header_3_text_color=\u201d#307f90\u2033 header_3_font_size=\u201d26px\u201d header_3_line_height=\u201d1.4em\u201d header_4_font=\u201d|600|||||||\u201d header_4_text_color=\u201d#334556\u2033 header_4_font_size=\u201d22px\u201d header_4_line_height=\u201d1.5em\u201d header_5_font=\u201d|700|||||||\u201d header_5_text_color=\u201d#307f90\u2033 header_5_font_size=\u201d18px\u201d header_5_line_height=\u201d1.4em\u201d header_6_font=\u201d|600|||||||\u201d header_6_font_size=\u201d16px\u201d header_6_line_height=\u201d1.4em\u201d text_orientation=\u201djustified\u201d custom_padding=\u201d0px||27px||false|false\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d]<\/p>\n<p>To consolidate their economic power and guarantee their markets\u2019 future, Hamburg and L\u00fcbeck signed an unprecedented treaty in 1241. Its name, Hanse, has meaning: it comes from <em>hansen<\/em>, which means <em>to join forces<\/em> in German. This was a well-chosen name, as over the years many towns joined the federation. According to Dollinger, at its peak, the Hanseatic League included over 150 towns. Along with the main trading posts (Bergen, Bruges, London, Mesen, Naples and Novgorod), there were secondary outposts like Saint Petersburg, Visby, Stockholm, Edinburgh, Antwerp, Dunkirk, Bordeaux, Nantes and La Rochelle.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=\u201dhttps:\/\/escales.ponant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iStock-509681487-1.jpg\u201d alt=\u201dHistoire de la ligue hans\u00e9atique\u201d title_text=\u201dhistoire-la-hanse\u201d align=\u201dcenter\u201d _builder_version=\u201d4.19.2\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=\u201d4.19.2\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d background_enable_color=\u201doff\u201d background_enable_image=\u201doff\u201d width_tablet=\u201d\u201d width_phone=\u201d\u201d width_last_edited=\u201don|phone\u201d max_width=\u201d900px\u201d module_alignment=\u201dcenter\u201d custom_padding=\u201d||5px||false|false\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][et_pb_column type=\u201d4_4\u2033 _builder_version=\u201d4.16\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d background_enable_color=\u201doff\u201d background_enable_image=\u201doff\u201d background_size=\u201dcontain\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u201d4.19.2\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d text_font=\u201d||||||||\u201d text_line_height=\u201d1.8em\u201d link_font=\u201d||||on||||\u201d header_2_font=\u201d|300|||||||\u201d header_2_text_color=\u201d#334556\u2033 header_2_font_size=\u201d38px\u201d header_3_font=\u201d|600|||||||\u201d header_3_text_color=\u201d#307f90\u2033 header_3_font_size=\u201d26px\u201d header_3_line_height=\u201d1.4em\u201d header_4_font=\u201d|600|||||||\u201d header_4_text_color=\u201d#334556\u2033 header_4_font_size=\u201d22px\u201d header_4_line_height=\u201d1.5em\u201d header_5_font=\u201d|700|||||||\u201d header_5_text_color=\u201d#307f90\u2033 header_5_font_size=\u201d18px\u201d header_5_line_height=\u201d1.4em\u201d header_6_font=\u201d|600|||||||\u201d header_6_font_size=\u201d16px\u201d header_6_line_height=\u201d1.4em\u201d text_orientation=\u201djustified\u201d custom_padding=\u201d0px||27px||false|false\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>A free and autonomous confederation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This trade community was extremely innovative for the Middle Ages as it ignored central powers and created its own methods and rules for trade, protection and governance. The towns in the League created their own parliament. They voted on key decisions, removed certain levies and enjoyed reductions in customs taxes. In 1380, they even created their own monetary union based on silver pieces. \u201cThe League then imposed its system, forbidding the use of gold coins on penalty of confiscation. This ban was upheld in the Hanse right the way to London and Bruges.\u201d writes Vaslin.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=\u201dhttps:\/\/escales.ponant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iStock-888033974-1.jpg\u201d alt=\u201dHistoire de la ligue hans\u00e9atique\u201d title_text=\u201dhistoire-la-hanse\u201d align=\u201dcenter\u201d _builder_version=\u201d4.19.2\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u201d4.19.2\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d text_font=\u201d||||||||\u201d text_line_height=\u201d1.8em\u201d link_font=\u201d||||on||||\u201d header_2_font=\u201d|300|||||||\u201d header_2_text_color=\u201d#334556\u2033 header_2_font_size=\u201d38px\u201d header_3_font=\u201d|600|||||||\u201d header_3_text_color=\u201d#307f90\u2033 header_3_font_size=\u201d26px\u201d header_3_line_height=\u201d1.4em\u201d header_4_font=\u201d|600|||||||\u201d header_4_text_color=\u201d#334556\u2033 header_4_font_size=\u201d22px\u201d header_4_line_height=\u201d1.5em\u201d header_5_font=\u201d|700|||||||\u201d header_5_text_color=\u201d#307f90\u2033 header_5_font_size=\u201d18px\u201d header_5_line_height=\u201d1.4em\u201d header_6_font=\u201d|600|||||||\u201d header_6_font_size=\u201d16px\u201d header_6_line_height=\u201d1.4em\u201d text_orientation=\u201djustified\u201d custom_padding=\u201d0px||27px||false|false\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d]<\/p>\n<p>Nothing seemed to rattle this powerful League. Although not a state, it had the same ability to raise an army of mercenaries and intimidate resistant royals. \u201cDenmark experienced this in 1368. The Hanse benefited from a particularly advantageous peace treaty two years later: it managed to renew its privileges and obtain significant compensation.\u201d notes Vaslin.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u201d4.19.2\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d text_font=\u201d||||||||\u201d text_line_height=\u201d1.8em\u201d link_font=\u201d||||on||||\u201d header_2_font=\u201d|300|||||||\u201d header_2_text_color=\u201d#334556\u2033 header_2_font_size=\u201d38px\u201d header_3_font=\u201d|600|||||||\u201d header_3_text_color=\u201d#307f90\u2033 header_3_font_size=\u201d26px\u201d header_3_line_height=\u201d1.4em\u201d header_4_font=\u201d|600|||||||\u201d header_4_text_color=\u201d#334556\u2033 header_4_font_size=\u201d22px\u201d header_4_line_height=\u201d1.5em\u201d header_5_font=\u201d|700|||||||\u201d header_5_text_color=\u201d#307f90\u2033 header_5_font_size=\u201d18px\u201d header_5_line_height=\u201d1.4em\u201d header_6_font=\u201d|600|||||||\u201d header_6_font_size=\u201d16px\u201d header_6_line_height=\u201d1.4em\u201d text_orientation=\u201djustified\u201d custom_padding=\u201d0px||27px||false|false\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Political weakness<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>However, several factors contributed to its demise, like internal dissent, the absence of a central authority, wealth not being redistributed and absenteeism at meetings. Sovereigns also reasserted their authority over these towns that had become too independent. In the 16<sup>th<\/sup> century, Luther\u2019s Reformation added religious pipe dreams to already persistent internal conflicts. In 1648, the Peace of Westphalia treaties brought the Thirty Years\u2019 War and Eighty Years\u2019 War to a close and acknowledged the end of the Hanse. Per Jacques-Marie Vaslin, \u201cthe Hanse\u2019s weak political organisation got the better of its trading power: there were no pacts, alliances, or statutes, nor any cohesion.\u201d That said, this League remains an outstanding model of commercial union in the Middle Ages.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=\u201dhttps:\/\/escales.ponant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/iStock-504417022-1.jpg\u201d alt=\u201dHistoire de la ligue hans\u00e9atique\u201d title_text=\u201dhistoire-la-hanse\u201d align=\u201dcenter\u201d _builder_version=\u201d4.19.2\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=\u201d4.16\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][et_pb_column type=\u201d4_4\u2033 _builder_version=\u201d4.16\u2033 _module_preset=\u201ddefault\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u201d4.19.2\u2033 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