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The Story of the Nations.
THE HANSA TOWNS.
THE STORY OF THE NATIONS.
Large Crown 8vo, Cloth, Illustrated, 5s.
Presentation Edition, Gilt Edges, 5s. 6d.
1. ROME. Arthur Gilman, M.A.
2. THE JEWS. Prof. J. K. Hosmer.
3. GERMANY. Rev. S. Baring-Gould,M.A.
4. CARTHAGE. Prof. A. J. Church.
5. ALEXANDER'S EMPIRE. Prof.J. P. Mahaffy.
6. THE MOORS IN SPAIN. StanleyLane-Poole.
7. ANCIENT EGYPT. Canon Rawlinson.
8. HUNGARY. Prof. A. Vambéry.
9. THE SARACENS. A. Gilman, M.A.
10. IRELAND. Hon. Emily Lawless.
11. CHALDÆA. Z. A. Ragozin.
12. THE GOTHS. Henry Bradley.
13. ASSYRIA. Z. A. Ragozin.
14. TURKEY. Stanley Lane-Poole.
15. HOLLAND. Prof. J. E. ThoroldRogers.
16. MEDIÆVAL FRANCE. Prof.Gustave Masson.
17. PERSIA. S. G. W. Benjamin.
18. PHŒNICIA. Canon Rawlinson.
19. MEDIA. Z. A. Ragozin.
20. THE HANSA TOWNS. By HelenZimmern.
London:
T. FISHER UNWIN, 26, Paternoster Square, E.C.
THE
HANSA TOWNS
BY
HELEN ZIMMERN
AUTHOR OF "A LIFE OF LESSING," "HEROIC TALES FROM FIRDUSI," ETC.
London
T. FISHER UNWIN
26 PATERNOSTER SQUARE
NEW YORK: G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
MDCCCLXXXIX
Entered at Stationers' Hall
By T. FISHER UNWIN
Copyright by G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1889
(For the United States of America).
PREFACE.
In bringing before the public what I believe to bethe first History of the Hanseatic League, it givesme pleasure to think that the impetus to write itcame from the United States. The work was suggestedto me by my valued friend, Mr. G. H. Putnam,of New York, a citizen of the country in which theprinciple of federation is best