A companion to the Hanseatic League

Author(s)

• Harreld, Donald J.

Bibliographic Information

A companion to the Hanseatic League

edited by Donald J. Harreld

（Brill's companions to European history, v. 8）

Brill, c2015

• : hardback

Note

Bibliography: p. [241] - 273

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The Companion to the Hanseatic League discusses the importance of the Hanseatic League for the social and economic history of pre-modern northern Europe. Established already as early as the twelfth century, the towns that formed the Hanseatic League created an important network of commerce throughout the Baltic and North Sea area. From Russia in the east, to England and France in the west, the cities of the Hanseatic League created a vast northern maritime trade network. The aim of this volume is to present a "state" of the field English-language volume by some of the most respected Hanse scholars. Contributors are Mike Burkhardt, Ulf Christian Ewert, Rolf Hammel-Kiesow, Donald J. Harreld, Carsten Jahnke, Michael North, Jurgen Sarnowsky and Stephan Selzer.

Table of Contents

Contents Preface List of Figures A Note on Names and Letters Introduction Exceptional History Sources Research in the Field International Memory and History 1 The Inception of the Turkish Raid, and Its Central Character The Return of the Moors Compaen the Pirate Iceland Ahoy How Do We Know This? 2 The Course of Events in Iceland Strategy and Resistance in Southwest Iceland Folktales Attack on the Seat of Government 3 Incursion and Salvation in the East Fjords Enter the Corsairs Reign of Terror in Berufjoerdur South and North of Berufjoerdur Did the Raiders Go to Eydalir? The Corsairs' Farewell Heroes and Guardian Spirits Folklore and Fact 4 Razzia and Martyrdom in the Westman Islands Preparedness Like Lambs to the Slaughter The Martyrdom of Jon THorsteinsson Not Many Placenames and Folktales 5 Piracy and Defences Danish Defences Icelandic Defences in the Shadow of the Turkish Raid Lessons of the Turkish Raid Unarmed Nation Civil Defence Shelter Military Expenditure Special Status What Would Bishop Brynjolfur Have Said? Conclusion 6 Warfare or Robbery The Contemporary Analysis of the Turkish Raid Forms of Maritime Raids Piracy in the Mediterranean Maritime Raids to the Northern Seas Piracy in the Name of the Law Corsair States Piracy as a Sector of the Economy and a Pillar of the State Corsair Licences Slavery Holy War Legitimate Government New Principles of Freedom Emotions and Justice 7 Salvation Redemption from Slavery Fundraising The First Redemption Mission Individual Deals The Second Redemption Mission Danish Emissaries in the Catholic Stronghold Slave Registers The Bottom Line Trials of a Redeemer Comparison and Aftermath Apostates Jon Vestmann Anna Jasparsdottir Murat Reis 8 Cultural Memory Scribes of Memory A Tool of National Memory: The Turkish Raid in School Textbooks 9 The Visible Turkish Raid Landscape Works of Art I Quatri Mori by Pietro Tacca Adriaen Matham's Drawings Kross: A Sword Out of the Mouth of Christ Epilogue Context and Connections of the Turkish Raid The Place of the Turkish Raid: Event and Memory Tracing the Course of Events Micro and Macro, Past and Present Bibliography Index

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Details

• NCID: BB19421752
• ISBN:
  • 9789004282889
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Leiden
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 277 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 382.0943
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Hanseatic League -- History
  • LCSH : Hansa towns -- History
  • LCSH : Europe, Northern -- Social conditions
  • LCSH : Europe, Northern -- Economic conditions
  • LCSH : Europe, Northern -- Commerce -- History
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB1065066X