Hanseatic League
English
Proper noun
- (historical) The commercial and military alliance of Low German merchant guilds and privileged market towns which dominated trade along the coasts of northern Europe from the mid-12th to mid-17th centuries.
Related terms
- Hanseatic city
- Hanse town, Hanse city
Translations
former commercial and military alliance
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