Ep. 114: The Hanseatic League (1143-1669) - The Economics - The London Steelyard

History of the Germans from the Middle Ages to Reunification

Dirk Hoffmann-Becking

Education, Society & Culture, History

4.9 • 551 Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

If like many of you, you are listening to this podcast on your morning or evening commute and you happen to live in London, you may be one of the 20 million souls going through Cannon Street Station every year. Few of them will be aware that under their feet lay the vestiges of the great Hanseatic Kontor in London that goes back to 1176. If people know about the Steelyard, it is mainly through the portraits of merchants painted by Holbein between 1532 and 1536 at a time when the Kontor had only about 60 years left.

But there is a lot to tell about this now vanished building, its inhabitants and trade. It is a story of infighting between the various cities that were still to officially form the Hanseatic league, of trading privileges granted to fund first a crusade and then the hundred year’s war, andit is also a great opportunity to introduce the oldest, largest and richest member of the Hanseatic League, the city of Cologne.

As promised here are my favourite German winemakers (and there are lots and lots more..)

Nahe Valley (exc. value for money)

Rheingau (top quality but expensive)

Moselle/Ahr

Baden

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the history of the Germans, episode 114, the London Steel Yard.
0:12.0	If like many of you, you're listening to this podcast on your morning or evening commute,
0:15.9	and you happen to live in London, you may be one of the 20 million souls going through Cannon Street Station every year. Few of them will be aware that under their feet lay the vestiges of the great
0:25.3	Hanseatic contour in London and goes back to 1176. If people know about the steel yard,
0:31.3	it's mainly through the portraits of merchants painted by Holbein between 1532 and 36, at a time
0:36.7	when the contour had only about 60 years left.
0:40.2	But there is a lot to tell about this now vanished building, its inhabitants and trade.
0:44.7	It's a story of the infighting between the various cities that were still to officially form
0:48.9	the Hanseatic League, of trading privileges granted to fund first a crusade and then the
0:53.5	100 years war, and it's also a great opportunity to fund first a crusade and then the 100 years war,
0:59.8	and it's also a great opportunity to introduce the oldest, largest and richest member of the Hanseatic League,
1:01.3	the city of Cologne.
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1:22.8	You find all the links in the show notes
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1:26.4	Emily K. Benedict V. and Heinrich von P.
1:29.8	who've already signed up.
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