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  Greatest of Centuries 26
Italians, must be considered as at the basis of Hansa, though these were only seeds, and it was the nurture and fostering care of the German mind which ever since the days of Tacitus had been noted as the freest in Europe, that gave the League its wonderful development.
As a matter of fact, Hansa became, very early in its career, one of the firmest authorities in the midst of these troubled times and meted out unfailingly the sternest justice against those who infringed its rights if they were outsiders, or broke the rules of the League if they were its members.
Hansa showed the world how much commercial relations were facilitated by uniform laws and by just treatment of even the citizens of foreign countries.
www2.nd.edu /Departments/Maritain/etext/walsh-z.htm   (4101 words)

  
 Articles - Antwerp   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The Bourse or exchange, which claims to be the first distinguished by the former name in Europe, is a fine new building finished in 1872, on the site of the old Bourse erected in 1531 and destroyed by fire in 1858.
A curious museum is the Plantin-Moretus Museum, the house of the great printer Christoffel Plantijn and his successor Jan Moretus, which stands exactly as it did in the time of the latter.
the Spaniards, the Danes and the Hansa together, the Italians, the English, the Portuguese and the Germans, were named at Antwerp, and over 1000 foreign merchants were resident in the city.
www.zdiamond.net /articles/Antwerp   (3338 words)

  
 Latvia encyclopedia : Cultural Information , Maps, Latvia politics and officials, Latvian History. Travel to Latvia
In 1282, Rīga and later Cēsis, Limbaži, Koknese and Valmiera were included in the Northern German Trading Organisation, or the Hanseatic League (Hansa).
In this year Latvia also became a member of the League of Nations (September 22, 1921).
Because of the world economic crises there was a growing dissatisfaction among the population at the beginning of 1930s.
www.latviaiworld.com /wiki-History_of_Latvia   (2534 words)

  
 Stockholm - Voyager, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The first building at Stockholm was a fortification for the purpose of controlling the traffic between the Baltic Sea and Mälaren.
Under the leadership of Magnus Ladulås Stockholm developed into an important trade city in the following decades, advanced through relations with Lübeck of the Hansa league.
The clubs also all have ice hockey teams, but currently (2005–2006 season) only Djurgården plays in the highest division, Elitserien Hammarby also have teams in the highest leagues in bandy, handball, speedway, goalball and rugby.
www.voyager.in /Stockholm   (1555 words)

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