IMC 2006: Sessions
Session 1113: A Passion for Trade: Hanseatic Merchants Handling their Goods in the Late Middle Ages, I
Wednesday 12 July 2006, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Hanse Research Centre, Instituut voor Geschiedenis, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen |
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| Organiser: | Justyna Wubs-Mrozewicz, Instituut voor Geschiedenis, Universiteit Leiden |
| Moderator/Chair: | Dick E. H. de Boer, Instituut voor Geschiedenis, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen |
| Paper 1113-a | Gerard Bruns, or the Mercantile Passions of a Late Medieval Hanseatic Diplomat (Language: English) Index terms: Archives and Sources, Economics - Trade, Genealogy and Prosopography |
| Paper 1113-b | The Salt Trade in the Baltic Hanse Towns (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Economics - Trade, Genealogy and Prosopography |
| Paper 1113-c | Merchants, Texts, and Textiles: Sources for the Hanseatic Textile Trade in Scandinavia (Language: English) Index terms: Archives and Sources, Economics - Trade |
| Abstract | The Hanseatic League was the main mercantile power in northern Europe in the Late Middle Ages. The northern German and Dutch towns belonging to it were the pivots in the intricate trade networks, extending from the eastern Baltic to Iceland, and from Scandinavia to Portugal. The power position was based on skilful trade politics and efficient organization. Hanseatic merchants strove for optimal trade conditions, best prices, secure transport and did not hesitate to fight competition. These pursuits revolved around the exchange of a wide range of bulk and luxury goods. The speakers in the sessions will discuss the frameworks for the trade of goods (grain, wine, textile, salt, flax and wax) and for the diplomatic and mercantile relations of Hanseatic merchants. |