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Definition of Hanseatic league

1. Noun. A commercial and defensive confederation of free cities in northern Germany and surrounding areas; formed in 1241 and most influential in the 14th century when it included over 100 towns and functioned as an independent political power; the last official assembly was held in 1669.

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Literary usage of Hanseatic league

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1907)
"The reasons for the decline of the hanseatic league are to be sought not in the character of the trade but in the character of the League itself. 292. ..."

2. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1914)
"We shall begin our sketch of the decline of German commerce by returning now to the history of the hanseatic league, which we left in full control of this ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1908)
"After the former's death the hanseatic league made an attempt to restore Christian to the throne. He conquered, indeed, the greater part of his country, ..."

4. The Close of the Middle Ages, 1273-1494 by Richard Lodge (1904)
"CHAPTER XVIII THE hanseatic league AND THE SCANDINAVIAN KINGDOMS Relations of Germany in the fourteenth century with Scandinavians and Slavs—The towns of ..."

5. The Close of the Middle Ages, 1272-1494 by Richard Lodge (1906)
"CHAPTER XVIII THE hanseatic league AND THE ... and Hamburg—Origin of the Hanseatic League—Aggressions of Eric Menved—Collapse of Denmark and revival of the ..."

6. Readings in European History: A Collection of Extracts from the Sources by James Harvey Robinson (1904)
"THE hanseatic league Shortly after the death of Otto the Great, as the following document indicates, the merchants began to attract the attention of the ..."

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