Hansa merchants

Hansa merchants were members of the Hanseatic League, a medieval trading alliance of cities and merchants in Northern Europe from the 13th to 17th centuries. They specialized in trading goods like salt, fish, timber, and cloth across Baltic and North Sea regions. The League provided its members with economic security, legal protections, and coordinated trade efforts, helping them grow wealthy and influential. Hansa merchants played a key role in fostering regional commerce, establishing trading posts, and creating a shared network that facilitated commerce across different towns and countries during the Middle Ages.