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The Hanseatic League was a confederation of merchant guilds and market towns in Northwestern and Central Europe, which came to dominate trade in the region for 300 years. A digital platform has now ...

A bargain, forged in the fires of 2012's economic emergency, has defined the European Union for the past two years. It was an agreement made between two sides that can be defined in several terms — ...

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The Hanseatic League never made it to “first hit record,” but in ways that counted, Bates’ first rock band was the real deal. Founded in 1966, the original League — Rich Hager ’69, Larry Power ’69, ...

Lubeck’s town hall is a still-active city building that houses the Hanseatic Hall. Photo Credit: Nadine Godwin Six picture-perfect gabled warehouses and the 15th-century Holsten Gate are the first ...

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A WALLED city-within-a-city once stood on the site now occupied by London’s Cannon Street station. From the 15th to 17th centuries, its counting houses, guildhall and wharves echoed to a babble of ...