The book examines the trade and political activities of one of the most striking phenomena in European history of the twelfth and seventeenth centuries - the German Hanseatic League, which managed to create a colossal commercial network stretching from London to Novgorod and from Bergen to Bruges. The author focuses on the preconditions and circumstances of the union, the mechanism of its functioning, the nature of trade, the color of urban life, the specifics of political methods and features of diplomatic tactics of the Hanseatic League. The publication will be of interest to scholars, students, and anyone interested in the history of medieval Europe.
