Hansa Towns by Helen Zimmern, originally published in 1891. The Hansa is a remarkably poorly covered area of history in the English language and Zimmern's narrative history is a good introduction to it. Zimmern breaks up her history into two phases - pre-13th century trading alliances that form the basis of the Hansa, and post-13th century where the history is slightly better recorded. The formation of Hanse or guilds was a relatively loose development...

In a chronological narrative, John Fudge examines the economic and political interaction of England and the German trading towns known as the Hanse in the second half of the fifteenth century. He assesses Hanseatic trade in English ports and the mercantile development of principal Hanseatic towns, as well as the institutional stability of the Hanse itself. Using largely unpublished manuscript sources from archives in England and northern Europe, John...

England, 1303. Sir Hugh Corbett is summoned to a scene of bloody mayhem and murder: Wilhelm Von Paulents, a representative of the Hanseatic League,and his wife, son and a clerk have been barbarously assassinated. The "Carta Mysteriosa"--a collection of valuable and detailed maps and sea chart--have not been stolen. So why were the murders committed and by whom? Corbett investigates and, once again, he enters the world of shadows to confront the Seed...