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| Expression | 1. (Hist.), certain commercial cities in Germany which associated themselves for the protection and enlarging of their commerce. The confederacy, called also Hansa and Hanseatic league , held its first diet in 1260, and was maintained for nearly four hundred years. At one time the league comprised eighty-five cities. Its remnants, L["u]beck, Hamburg, and Bremen, are free cities , and are still frequently called Hanse towns.[Websters]. | |
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Common Expressions: HANSE TOWNS
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| Hanse towns | (Hist.), certain commercial cities in Germany which associated themselves for the protection and enlarging of their commerce. The confederacy, called also Hansa and Hanseatic league , held its first diet in 1260, and was maintained for nearly four hundred years. At one time the league comprised eighty-five cities. Its remnants, L["u]beck, Hamburg, and Bremen, are free cities , and are still frequently called Hanse towns. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: HANSE TOWNS
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| Hanse Towns | Literature | 1: The maritime cities of Germany, which belonged to the Hanseatic League (q.v.). 2: "The Hanse towns of Lbeck, Bremen, and Hamburg are commonwealths even now (1877)." - Freeman: General Sketch, chap.x. p. 174. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| Laws of the Hanse Towns | Law | LAWS OF THE HANSE TOWNS. A code of maritime laws known as the laws of the Hanse towns, or the ordinances of the Hanseatic towns, was first published in German, at Lubec, in 1597. In an assembly of deputies from the several towns held at Lubec, these laws were afterwards, May 23, 1614, revised and enlarged. The text of this digest, and a Latin translation, are published with a commentary by Kuricke; and a French translation has been given by Cleirac. (references) | |
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