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Episode 16 - Decline and Fall (Part 2)
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1531-1535, a period of just 4 years is enough to capsize Lübeck’s position as the diplomatic heart of the Baltic Sea, general secretary of the Hanse, ally of both the king of Denmark and the king of Sweden and early member of the Schmalkaldic League. How can that happen?
As Edward Gibbon would say: History, in fact, is no more than a list of crimes of humanity, human follies and accidents”.
The music for the show is Flute Sonata in E-flat major, H.545 by Carl Phillip Emmanuel Bach (or some claim it as BWV 1031 Johann Sebastian Bach) performed and arranged by Michel Rondeau under Common Creative Licence 3.0.
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Bibliography:
Rainer Postel: Der Niedergang der Hanse
in Hanse, Lebenswirklichkeit und Mythos: RI
Jahnke, Carsten: Die Hanse | Reclam Verlag
Philipp Dollinger: Die Hanse
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