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Hanseatic League Expansion

Type Event Region Germany Time 1331–1340

In the 1330s the Hanseatic League, centered on northern German cities like Lübeck and Hamburg, further expanded its kontor network across the Baltic …

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  1. 1331–1335Lübeck · GermanyHanseatic city diets coordinated Baltic shipping, grain, and fur trade, standardizing merchant ship armament and insurance practices, and incorporating ports from Danzig at the Vistula mouth to the Gulf of Finland into the League's commercial system.
  2. 1335–1337Bergen · NorwayHanseatic merchants monopolized Norway's dried cod trade in Bergen's Bryggen district, enjoying autonomous jurisdiction and warehouse quarters; friction with King Magnus over tariffs and policing jurisdiction led the League to apply pressure through trade embargoes.
  3. 1337–1340Novgorod · RussiaHanseatic merchants at the Novgorod Peterhof kontor controlled transit trade in beeswax, furs, and silverware, contesting eastern goods corridors with the Novgorod Republic and the Grand Duchy of Moscow; the kontor continued to expand through the 1330s.

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