England and the German Hanse, 1157–1611: A Study of their Trade and Commercial Diplomacy

T. H. Lloyd

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511560279

The German Hanse was the most successful and most far-flung trade association that existed in medieval and early-modern Europe. Inevitably it appears prominently in every general study of trade, sometimes under the label of 'the Hanseatic League'. This, however, is the first study to be devoted to relations between the Hanse and England throughout the entire period of their contact, which lasted for some 500 years. The composition of trade is analysed, and the fluctuations in its volume and value are reconstructed from primary sources, chiefly customs accounts. But trade was often made possible only by intensive political and diplomatic bargaining between the two sides, sometimes at the level of merchant and merchant, at other times between the English government and the Hanse diet, the highest authority within the German organisation. This aspect of the relationship is explored in equal detail.

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Introduction
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1 - The winning of the Hanse franchises, 1157–1361
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2 - The English challenge, 1361–1399
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3 - Jockeying for advantage, 1400–1437
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4 - Trade, piracy, war, 1437–1474
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5 - Rivalry at Antwerp, 1474–1551
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6 - The loss of the Hanse franchises, 1551–1611
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Conclusion
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Appendix 1 - Gildhall certificates
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Appendix 2 - Hanse trade figures in the late fifteenth century
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Appendix 3 - Elizabethan cloth exports
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Appendix 4a - English cloth dyed at Hamburg, 1535–1612
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Appendix 4b - English cloth forwarded from Hamburg without local handiwork 1568–1605
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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-vii

List of tables
pp viii-viii

List of abbreviations
pp ix-x

Introduction
pp 1-12

1 - The winning of the Hanse franchises, 1157–1361
pp 13-49

2 - The English challenge, 1361–1399
pp 50-108

3 - Jockeying for advantage, 1400–1437
pp 109-172

4 - Trade, piracy, war, 1437–1474
pp 173-234

5 - Rivalry at Antwerp, 1474–1551
pp 235-291

6 - The loss of the Hanse franchises, 1551–1611
pp 292-362

Conclusion
pp 363-377

Appendix 1 - Gildhall certificates
pp 378-380

Appendix 2 - Hanse trade figures in the late fifteenth century
pp 381-384

Appendix 3 - Elizabethan cloth exports
pp 385-387

Appendix 4a - English cloth dyed at Hamburg, 1535–1612
pp 388-388

Appendix 4b - English cloth forwarded from Hamburg without local handiwork 1568–1605
pp 389-389

Bibliography
pp 390-395

Index
pp 396-401

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