GHIL Research Fellow for Colonial and Global History Mirjam Brusius and PR Officer Kim König speak to Carsten Jahnke (Copenhagen) about his research on the history of the Hanseatic League and how historians have used it to shape Germans’ historical understanding.

Carsten Jahnke, Mirjam Brusius and Kim König: The Hanseatic League: a ‘secret superpower’

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Carsten Jahnke, Mirjam Brusius and Kim König: The Hanseatic League: a ‘secret superpower’

Carsten Jahnke, Mirjam Brusius and Kim König: The Hanseatic League: a ‘secret superpower’