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When my textbook says that the Hanseatic League was a defensive association and was formed to prevent being dominated by powers such as Sweden, was it formed as a military defensive association or an economically defensive association!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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The Hanseatic League is basiclly an alliance between cities and the guilds (simialr to today's thingy!. dam I forgot the name of what we call it!. Oh yeah, sort of simialr to Trade Unions in Aust, simialr)!.

Anyway it's mainly ecnomically, and more like a treaty with mutual aid etc!. Mainly economically, perhaps there were one or two incidents where they helped militarily but not on a al;rge scale!.Www@QuestionHome@Com