The
Hanseatic League
The Hanseatic League is a commercial
and defensive of confederation of merchant issue and the market towns were
controlled trade along the northern area Europe. That commercial association
trade started from in the 12th and early 13th century,
that association had combined many commercial cities. The main purpose why the
Hansa League was created is because to protect the economic interests and
diplomatic in the cities and countries along the trade routes the merchant visited
as well. The League had a desire to defend a member from the enemies greed and
also the Hans had rivals like the Duchy of Burgundy, it was formed with
territories consisted of what today called Belgium. In the late of 16th
century the League was not able to deal with its own politics. As well as, the
league had failed to keep collective security. Britain and France along with
other members and they were more to be worried about their own interests. As
outcome they were reluctant to get involved in collective security, a reason
why Britain and France were reluctant to commit troops to fight for the league
nations.
References
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HANSEATIC LEAGUE." THE HANSEATIC LEAGUE. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Sept.
2014.
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