Decemberist
#2: Aug 23rd 2011 at 2:25:30 AM
The Hanseatic League and the HRE are two different things but the HRE collapsed because Napolen dismantled it.
Dutch Lesbian
#3: Aug 23rd 2011 at 2:28:18 AM
I thought the hanseatic league collapsed because they couldn't compete with trade from the Indies (both west and east) but that is just a wild, uneducated guess.
If any question why we died/ Tell them, because our fathers lied -Rudyard Kipling
Decemberist
#4: Aug 23rd 2011 at 2:30:11 AM
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No, it was the rising power of Sweden that broke the league.
#5: Aug 23rd 2011 at 2:32:01 AM
oh ok
If any question why we died/ Tell them, because our fathers lied -Rudyard Kipling
PhilippeO
Since: Oct, 2010
#6: Aug 23rd 2011 at 2:43:39 AM
- Rise of Sweden and Denmark in Baltic
- Poland, Russia, and England try to reduce their power (Hanse Cities are foreigner merchnat)
- Competition from Amsterdam and Netherlandic Cities
- piracy by Victual Brothers
- in Germany increase of Prince/Duke power compared to Free Cities
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The holy Roman Empire was neither holy, roman, or an empire. discuss.