Gdańsk has a rich history as a significant member of the Hanseatic League, a robust alliance of maritime cities that had a ...

The wall imposed new restrictions on the Gotlandic traders creating tensions that led to civil war in 1288. German ... Visby began to lose its leading position in the Hanseatic League due to plague ...

It developed as a major centre of the Hanseatic League, and its wealth is demonstrated by the opulence ... which have survived to a remarkable degree despite the ravages of fire and war in the ...