Forces of the Hanseatic League: 13th-15th Centuries

by David Nicolle

The famous but largely unchronicled Hanseatic League (or simple "the Hanse/Hansa") was a Tuetonic German commercial and defensive federation of merchant guilds based in harbor towns along the North Sea and Baltic coasts of what are now Germany and her neighbors, which eventually dominated maritime trade in Northern Europe and spread its influence much further afield. The League was formed to protect the economic and political interests of member...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782007792
• ISBN13: 9781782007791
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 9.7"