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HANSEATIC LEAGUE [2 records]

Record 1 2018-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Foreign Trade
OBS

Organization founded by north German towns and German merchant communities abroad to protect their mutual trading interests. The league dominated commercial activity in northern Europe from the 13th to the 15th century.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Commerce extérieur
OBS

La Hanse ou Ligue hanséatique prit naissance en 1241 par le traité formé entre Hambourg et Lubeck dans le but de protéger leur commerce contre les pirates de la Baltique et de défendre leurs franchises contre les princes voisins.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos, unidades administrativas y comités
  • Comercio exterior
OBS

[...] la Liga Hanseática englobó a comerciantes de más de 30 ciudades alemanas, constituyendo sus hansas en ocho puertos ingleses (Lynn, Boston, Hull, York, Norwich, Ipswich; Yarmouth y Bristol), así como en Bergen, Noruega, y en Amberes, que entonces era una ciudad holandesa, consiguiendo controlar la mayor parte del tráfico mercante en ambas costas del mar del Norte.

OBS

[...] Hansa, antigua confederación de ciudades alemanas para seguridad y fomento de su comercio.

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Record 2 1994-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

Spoken language of the lowlands of northern Germany. It developed from Old Saxon and the Middle Low German speech of the citizens of the Hanseatic League.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Ensemble des dialectes germaniques qui étaient parlés dans la plaine d'Allemagne du Nord.

Spanish

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