Hansa Towns
Edition: Repr. 1889 edition
Publisher: Periodicals Service Co
Published: June 1980
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780527999605
First sentence: WHETHER it be that our forefathers were not so prompt to put pen to paper as we are, or that they purposely avoided written words and inclined to silence from motives of that combined prudence and love of mystery-making that distinguished the Middle Ages, the fact remains that of the real origin and founding of that great federation of industry and intelligence known to after-years as the Hanseatic League, we have no accurate knowledge.