That was the question king Edward IV asked the representatives of the Steelyard in 1469. And he had a good reason to ask, because tensions between the English and the Hansa had escalated, ships were captured, and people got killed. He wanted to know who to negotiate with and in particular, who could sign a binding agreement that would put an end to this.
The answer he got was not very satisfactory....
The episode webpage with transcripts and further links is available here
The music for the show is Flute Sonata in E-flat major, H.545 by Carl Phillip Emmanuel Bach (or some claim it as BWV 1031 Johann Sebastian Bach) performed and arranged by Michel Rondeau under Common Creative Licence 3.0.
As always:
Homepage with maps, photos, transcripts and blog: www.historyofthegermans.com
If you wish to support the show go to: Support • History of the Germans Podcast
For do it yourself merchandise go to: Merchandise • History of the Germans Podcast
Facebook: @HOTGPod
Threads: @history_of_the_germans_podcast
Bluesky: @hotgpod.bsky.social
Instagram: history_of_the_germans
Twitter: @germanshistory
To make it easier for you to share the podcast, I have created separate playlists for some of the seasons that are set up as individual podcasts. they have the exact same episodes as in the History of the Germans, but they may be a helpful device for those who want to concentrate on only one season.
So far I have:
The Ottonians
Salian Emperors and Investiture Controversy
Fredrick Barbarossa and Early Hohenstaufen
Frederick II Stupor Mundi
Saxony and Eastward Expansion
The Hanseatic League
The Teutonic Knights
The Holy Roman Empire 1250-1356
The Reformation before the Reformation
The Empire in the 15th century
The Fall and Rise of the Habsburgs
And finally, bibliography. I would like to add a few works
to our usual list, in particular:
Jahnke,
Carsten: Die Hanse | Reclam Verlag
Jahnke, Carsten: Netzwerke in Handel und Kommunikation an
der Wende vom 15. zum 16. Jahrhundert am Beispiel zweier Revaler Kaufleute. Netzwerke
(hansischergeschichtsverein.de)
Justyna
Wubs-Mrozewicz and Stuart Jenks, eds. The Hanse in Medieval and Early Modern
Europe. The Northern World: North Europe and the Baltic c. 400–1700 AD:
Peoples, Economies and Culture 60. Leiden: Brill, 2013. vi + 296 pp. $171.
ISBN: 978-90-04-21252-7. | Renaissance Quarterly | Cambridge Core
The
Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans The Boundless Sea
(wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk)
History of the Germans