Universitas mercatorum: Kommentare zum Kaufmannsstadt-Projekt in Flandern 1253

Abstract: "The negotiations between Countess Margareta of Flanders and representatives of the merchants' association of 1252 - and the results of those negotiations - form an informative source for research on the early organisational structures of the Hanse: The Gotland merchants of Lübeck founded a settlement in the west and conceived of themselves from then on as an universitas of the merchants of the Roman Empire. This event was originally presumed to have provided the Hanseatic League with lasting stability. This view of the matter demands critical review and revision, for the negotiations were initially not concerned with the affairs of the Gotland seafarers at all, but aimed at establishing customs regulations for Bruges and its outer port Damme to the benefit of the Rhenish-Westphalian merchants. The negotiations were not continued until the following year, at which time the plans for the universitas mercatorum were submitted on behalf of the Gotland merchants. These plans revolved a

Angaben zum Objekt

• Weitere Titel: Universitas mercatorum: commentaries on the merchants'-town project in Flanders in 1253
• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Umfang: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: Deutsch
• Anmerkungen: Veröffentlichungsversion ; nicht begutachtet ; In: Deutsches Schiffahrtsarchiv ; 25 (2002) ; 167-170

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Handel, Kommunikation, Verkehr
• Schlagwort: Hanse ; Kaufmann ; Stadt ; Flandern ; Gotland ; Lübeck

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wo): Mannheim
• (wann): 2002

Weitere Informationen

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-52452-4
• Rechteinformation: Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 25.03.2025, 13:52 MEZ