New publication: The Hansa - Popular misconceptions and other truths

For many Hanseatic cities, the legacy of the Hanseatic League is still a living part of their identity today. But how much historical truth is there in today's Hanseatic consciousness? To this day, the Hanseatic League remains a mystery: How was this unique trading community, which spanned large parts of Europe, able to exist for half a millennium - yet for 400 years without any leading personnel, with only the Hanseatic Diet introduced in 1356 as the only common authority, without fixed sources of money, without an army or a fleet, and not even an official list of members? And how did all of this work surprisingly well?

Author Veit Veltzke explores these and other fascinating questions in a new publication titled "The Hansa - Popular misconceptions and other truths" (published by Klartext-Verlag, unfortunately only in German).