Ep. 125: The Rise of Hamburg in the 16th century and beyond
History of the Germans from the Middle Ages to Reunification
Dirk Hoffmann-Becking
4.9 • 551 Ratings
🗓️ 19 October 2023
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
The last two episodes may have left you with a sense of gloom and foreboding about the great Hanseatic cities. But here is the counterintuitive fact, the Hanse may continuously loose political power and economic relevance, but the cities that make up the association are flourishing. Not all of them but some, Hamburg and Danzig in particular.
Why it is that the Hanse declines, but the Hansards are doing mightily well is what we are looking into this week. So let’s see….
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Bibliography:
J.K. Dunlop, Hamburg 800-1945, Published by the Anglo-German Club E.V.
Philippe Dollinger, Die Hanse, 6. Auflage, 2012
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the History of the Germans, episode 125, the rise and rise of Hamburg. |
| 0:13.0 | The last two episodes may have left you with a sense of gloom and foreboding about the great Hanseatic cities, |
| 0:19.0 | but here is the counterintuitive fact. |
| 0:22.5 | The Hanse may continuously lose political power and economic relevance, but the cities |
| 0:27.4 | that make up the association are flourishing. |
| 0:30.7 | Not all of them, but some. |
| 0:32.9 | Hamburg and Dunsick in particular. |
| 0:35.7 | Why that is that the Hanseer declines but the Hansaids are doing |
| 0:38.5 | mightily well is what we're looking at this week. So let's see. But before we start, |
| 0:45.5 | I would like to thank my patrons and those who have made a one-time contribution. It's not just |
| 0:50.8 | the monetary generosity that I find so humbling, it's also how much you care |
| 0:55.2 | about the podcast. So the other day, one of you, Michael B., an almost excessively generous patron, |
| 1:01.9 | sent me a book. I would have almost certainly overlooked. This book, J.K. Dunlop's |
| 1:07.6 | history of Hamburg from 800 to 1952 was originally written for British offices |
| 1:12.5 | stationed in Hamburg to help them familiarize themselves with the place they are now administrating. |
| 1:19.1 | Now first up, the book itself is a fascinating artifact of that period, but it's also charming |
| 1:24.4 | and written in a crisp and concise, almost military style I enjoy |
| 1:28.0 | enormously. Quite a bit of it features in today's episode. So, thanks so much, Michael. And I would |
| 1:34.7 | also like to thank Hayogi, Christy S, Timothy K.H and Brian C. who've kindly signed up on |
| 1:42.0 | patreon.com slash History of the Germans. |
| 1:47.0 | Last week, we left the Hanseatic Ligo, more precisely Lübeck, the city that had so often |
| 1:51.9 | taken the lead in the political ambitions of this merchant association, defeated and |
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