The Hanseatic League and Education - A Neglected Chapter in European and German History
Olga Graumann|Sören Affeldt
The focus of this article is on the connection between education and Hanseatic League, a topiclargely neglected in educational literature, although qualification needs merchants had remarkable influence development German European education. League as network merchant families, friends trading partners, its temporal limitation from about the12th to 17th century, spatial expansion, offices at home abroad well goods are discussed detail.The main part dedicated general history Middle Ages cannot be separated specific However, it can stated that both strands have mutually fertilized each other. Of particular interest for today's processes importance "learning abroad" learn foreign languages get know cultures, by doing" characterized Ages. Since has been misused field political ideologization over past two centuries, brief overview reception appropriate.The topic rounded off emphasizing Museum inLübeck, founded 2015, today.
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