Hanseatic League

Hanseatic League

1. Geography

   • Jutland Peninsula
     • connects Baltic Sea to North Sea to Atlantic
       • Similar to Venetians  Italian Peninsula juts into Mediterranean  And allows access to trade routes

2. Government

   • guild association
     • confederation
       • lacks Centralized Authority

3. benefits

   • "quality control"
     • standard weight/measures
     • creates trust
       • increases trade
         • more money
   • "convoys"
   • advice/prot
     • commodities
   • *warehousing
     • new innovation
     • easier to ship out good
       • faster delivery
     • creates steady supplies
   • customary practices
     • all members follow same rules

4. Problem

   • $$$
     • brings attention
       • Everyone wants it
       • nation states rising
   • Thirty Years War
   • Black Death
   • Protestant Reformation