Ein erster „hansischer“ Moment

Lübeck, die „Seestädte“ und die Frühformen der hansischen Konsensbildung im späten 13. Jahrhundert

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  • Tobias Boestad

Abstract

The tendency to date the genesis of the Hanse to the mid-14th century
has led to the perception of its emergence as a progressive evolution toward
closer cooperation among the German merchants and, ultimately, their cities.
However, this evolution was not a continuous one, but consisted in periods of
stagnation punctuated with moments of acceleration. This article claims that
one such moment can be identified in the late 13th century, as Lubeck and its
allies started to call themselves “maritime cities”, referring to “the common
merchant” and sending petitions to federate other German cities around new
political goals, such as the implementation of trade blockades. For the first time,
such efforts reveal a (pre-)Hanseatic space of political exchange. Its existence
is demonstrated based on a survey of the new ways of political communication
developed at this time and a study of their reception by the North-German towns.

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2024-11-06