Life of a Hansa Merchant : Hanseatic League History

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5:21 Liquid= being able to be sold or converted into cash.
6:04 Yard Gaard or a Gård.
6:52 The Bergen Kontor had a wast majority of merchants from Lubeck so most but not all Yards where just people from Lubeck. Other Hansa Kontor where actually more diverse than Bryggen was.
7:00 Every Kontor had a different administrative structure plus even the administrative structure of Bryggen shown here is just the early 15th century as the structure changed over time. Also Hansa Cities where completely different from the Kontors in administration.
7:51 Of course everyone in the Kontor also had to go to church every Sunday.
9:19 No it's not a coincidence that the Bergen's red-light district lies so close to the Kontor. The Kontor was the largest customer of the red-light district.
11:48 King Christian IV of Denmark attended one of the initiations (in the 16th century) and found "them so amusing he ordered one of his servants to take part ... he [the servant] was treated so roughly" (during the hazing) that he refused to participate anymore even if the king gave him 100 gold coins. Which was equivalent at the time to 2.7 years worth of tradesman salary.
14:15 This is a suggestive term. Of course some locals hated it and some enjoyed it. It wasn't universally loved at all. There where plenty of locals that despised it.
#History #HanseaticLeague #Bergen #Hazing

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@MLaserHistory 4 жыл бұрын

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@gunarsmiezis9321 4 жыл бұрын

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@onebot4257 4 жыл бұрын

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@PinkFloydBootlegs 4 жыл бұрын

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@gunarsmiezis9321 4 жыл бұрын

@@onebot4257 I know, I just skip the ads. The only thing I care for is that I get the video I do want to watch.

@9PlatinumGamer9 4 жыл бұрын

"For free! (Game is not free, we require you to give us a constant flow of money to progress past the first few hours.)"

@yatowbvideo4475 4 жыл бұрын

*imagine you are young man in the Northern German city in 15th Century and you play Raid: Shadow Legends*

@MLaserHistory 4 жыл бұрын

ON a potato.

@yatowbvideo4475 4 жыл бұрын

M. Laser History on a codfish

@victorstroganov8135 3 жыл бұрын

naruto tricked me sry can certainly play chess on one

@DarthCody700 2 жыл бұрын

@@MLaserHistory whats a potato?

@knowledgehunter6101 2 жыл бұрын

@@MLaserHistory ehm potatoes hadnt even yet came to Europe and especially northern in the 15th century.

@ByWho-js5bq 4 жыл бұрын

"If you passed out, they threw you in the well" "Very few died during the initiation"

@wardeni9603 4 жыл бұрын

Well, if they fished them out and called it over before they died, they technically didn't die _during_ the initiation. :D

@Chris-hp9be Жыл бұрын

Maybe the wells in medieval times aren’t very deep.

@AudieHolland 11 ай бұрын

I guess it would be bad for business if a lot of initiates died. But there was always the option to 'do away' with someone nobody liked.

@NelsonDiscovery Ай бұрын

@@AudieHolland Just like nowadays there is the option to "do away" with everyone you don't like :p Firearms are the best.

@AudieHolland Ай бұрын

@@NelsonDiscovery But that would be murder instead of a tragic hazing incident.

@james_baker 4 жыл бұрын

And I thought filling out a job application was tough.

@MLaserHistory 4 жыл бұрын

@Rick Carter It is truly a mystery.

@wardeni9603 4 жыл бұрын

The medieval times were weird in the north. Take for example Finland: Local people would speak Finnish at home, go to a market full of North German/Dutch traders, and then get visited by the Swedish tax collector. Nobles were mostly Swedes, but could also be Finnish or German, bowing periodically to a Danish king. And that was thanks to the Hanseatic League and the Kalmar Union

@timteichmann6830 2 жыл бұрын

*crys in Austria-Hungary only 110 years ago

@juliane__ Жыл бұрын

What beautiful times. Apparently, everyone worked together. I wouldn't bother, because that's how today's society works.

@aetu35 Жыл бұрын

you have various products from pretty much everywhere next to you right now, modern times arent much different

@rennor3498 Жыл бұрын

And attend church on Sunday where the priest was probably of German origin and the only language allowed was the ceremonial Latin one.

@lcampbell9837 Жыл бұрын

How do you know that? Do you know if the Danish married Latvians etc? I was thinking a Latvian seaman may marry a Danish person, that had visited or lived in Latvia. I have a Danish descendant with the surname Briede and most Briede's are in Latvia. Latvia has the highest population of Briede's followed by Germany. So my other theory is the surname Briede may have been German and they went and lived in Latvia during the Northern crusades, and I know the locals in Latvia wanted to take on Baltic German surnames as the Baltic Germans became nobility in Latvia after taking some of their land. The locals wanted to be seen as nobility too so they changed their name to Briede. So maybe the Latvian (previously known as Livonia) are distant cousins of mine if they have the surname Briede and maybe my Briede ancestors line comes from Germany not Latvia like I originally thought.

@orenum 4 жыл бұрын

“Let’s say it’s the early 15th century and you’re a young citizen of the northern German city of Rostock; playing the new online game Raid: Shadow Legends!” He had us in the first half not gonna’ lie

@noahkidd3359 4 жыл бұрын

That killed me haha

@meh2.061 4 жыл бұрын

On a potato

@shootgunMarvel Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂 so true....

@FriendlierFetus 4 жыл бұрын

Fascinating video! One of my ancestors were a Hanseatic merchant who moved from Pomerania to Bergen in 1577 and married a local woman. I still bear a Norwegian version of his last name.

@haydenarias 3 жыл бұрын

What is your last name?

@XHourX 3 жыл бұрын

@@haydenarias Von fetus

@haydenarias 3 жыл бұрын

@@XHourX Lmao

@lkrnpk 2 жыл бұрын

@@XHourX Fetusson

@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess Жыл бұрын

Germany had a very deep impact in my country (Sweden), even our alphabet was influenced by low German and many words in our language also, the Hansan was a golden age of prosperity for Scandinavia and the Baltics, and even before that Sweden and German had a deep old relationship but the Hansan strengthened that relationship even more

@Dave_Sisson 4 жыл бұрын

Wow. That's one of the most interesting and informative documentaries I've seen on any KZfaq history channel. Thank you for your excellent work.

@CrimsonsDeath12 3 жыл бұрын

Being from Bergen this is so cool to see! I can't remember seeing anyone outside of Norway talking about our history, very cool and good work!

@christopherstein2024 11 ай бұрын

Vikings?

@Rynewulf 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like they were trying to reduce internal competition by killing off half and applicants xD

@liamvervecken3231 4 жыл бұрын

This was an absolute pleasure to watch, I also like the extra clarifications in the description.

@MLaserHistory 4 жыл бұрын

OU shit thanks for reminding me, I needed to add one more.

@chapo3992 4 жыл бұрын

I'm from Bergen and Bryggen is by far my favorite spot in the city. I recommend coming here on a sunny day and ordering a beer from one of the numerous breweries on Bryggen. Great video btw!

@Kasperthelarsen02 4 жыл бұрын

Really nice video. Really enjoyed the way it was constructed as a "day in the life of". It touches on so many different intertwined topics like culture, politics, language, trading patterns, etc. and by doing so adds a lot of context and depth to the world. And also as an educated historian i know how much ground work goes into working through all the sources making this short 17min video possible :) Also, don´t bother with worrying too much about some people having a stick up their ass about you adding advertisements, we all gotta make a living, you included. Looking forward to the next one. Have a nice day :)

@perspii2808 4 жыл бұрын

Basically the ultimate bros/lads of all time

@MLaserHistory 4 жыл бұрын

Basically the medieval version of this- kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qal8dpCJ2pexd2w.html

@knockhello2604 4 жыл бұрын

Yep

@vivecthepoet36 4 жыл бұрын

I saw the raid footage in the preview on the thumbnail and was like "damn, the Hanseatic League was intense"

@ppaaccoojrf 4 жыл бұрын

I don't remember the last time I was this hooked. Please keep on doing these style of documentaries. It's something that's "obvious", but it's always eye opening to see that people from 500 years ago are really just like people today, sans the technological advances.

@bluelake713 3 жыл бұрын

Fun fact the cities of the Hansiatic league declared war on the Danish king Valdemar Atterdag who in response called them unimportant geese and chickens

@daneaxe6465 2 ай бұрын

Then King Valdemar Atterdag raided Visby, Gotland with elements of the Danish Army plus German mercenaries. Its estimated about 1,800 to 2,000 Gotlanders died in the fighting, which did not last long. After seeing the slaughter the Hanseatics within Visby's high walls decided to let Valdemar sack the city. Then my ancestors went back home to Bornholm and Danish islands.

@theluckyphilosopher7481 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! You know, even today the Bergen brewery makes lagers named Hansa because of the fact that the Hansa had such a strong grip on the brewing market in Bergen, even a monopoly for a while.

@timoth4529 9 ай бұрын

I feel like out of all the things in Medevail Europe the Hansatic leagues is one of the few wich is actually kind of fun and not just depressing. It also Explains why In northern Germany and by Extention also the netherlands all other places involved had so many free Citys that where Involved in the trade.

@noahkidd3359 4 жыл бұрын

This is a really good video. I like how you use an individual perspective to show how the Hanseatic League worked. Great job!

@frederickstabell3796 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful content, I love videos that show what everyday life in the past looked like. And the ad intro was hilarious

@ilmanmajid 3 жыл бұрын

Love the video man and also love the way you tell the story as if you live on that period. Thank you!

@rampantmutt9119 4 жыл бұрын

This was seriously detailed and informative. Great work.

@kyleoliva2411 4 жыл бұрын

First video I have watched of yours. I dont subscribe much or comment much, but I really liked this. I would love to see more personal life histories like these. Great job man.

@MLaserHistory 4 жыл бұрын

In a way yes. Let's just say the next video will focus on people's stories whos names end with -es.

@HistoryHouseProductions 4 жыл бұрын

Time to party like it’s 1407! 🎊🎉🍾

@MLaserHistory 4 жыл бұрын

Get the buckets boys we gonna start our selfs some fire!

@Republic3D 4 жыл бұрын

I've always loved history. It's amazing. I wish I had these videos when I was a kid in the 80s. Today's kids are going to learn a lot, faster and more interesting than we did. Thanks for an awesome video. I've always wondered about Bergens Hansa legacy.

@qedqubit Жыл бұрын

10:23 gesell means 'companion', 'partner', and even further on gesellschaft is the German word for a company

@muysli.y1855 5 ай бұрын

Und auf der Arbeit heißt es der Geselle nervt wieder

@MorphingReality 3 жыл бұрын

Appreciate the attention to detail and ending caveats, well done :)

@blankeon6613 Жыл бұрын

The Hanseatic League was actually powerful enough in 1535 to go to war with Sweden, Denmark & Prussia at the Battle of Bornholm. Because of their wealth and influence they were the de-facto rulers of Bornholm from 1525 to 1575.

@daneaxe6465 2 ай бұрын

My 14th great grandfather was born in Luebeck Germany in 1485. As a young adult (by today's measure) he was sent to Bornholm to be mayor of Nexo. Nexo was so tiny is was a joke to be the mayor. What he actually was there to do was collect taxes for the League. He got married and had a bunch of children on Bornholm, most or all reached adulthood. I know he was hated from a couple docs I saw. To confirm the dislike for him, all his children refused to carry the Hagefeldt surname but took his first name Hartwig as their new surname. I don't know when he left Bornholm and returned to Lubeck where he died later in his 60's. No idea what happened to his wife. Some of the boys went to work for the Hammershus Fortress and about 1700 the descendants changed the surname to Hammer. The Bornholm clan had a lot of travel to Skane where some settled but still went back/forth from Bornholm to Skane. Bornholm was a pretty rough place by the number of raids and military attacks they planned or took part in. Most of the fights I couldn't find a logical reason for how they started.

@gunnarherzog5538 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent video!!! I need more like this in my life and I need it NOW!!!

@matthewmannion4227 2 жыл бұрын

Incredible video! Informative, engaging and entertaining. Thank you for making this.

@daddyleon 4 жыл бұрын

Your little side-note on the end. Great idea. I loved the story format.

@rasmuslongva4008 4 жыл бұрын

Actually som places north of Bergen has alot of similar sounds and words as in German. Like the number sysyem or "au" is pronounced "ao"

@eastsidehro 3 жыл бұрын

This video is extra charming for me because I'm from Rostock and can recommend to visit my city during the "Hanse-Sail", a big party with sailors and ships from all over europe (close to the Yard-Party) to celebrate our Hanseatic heritage.

@DMurphyApple 4 жыл бұрын

great video. clesely researched and presented with great humor. very well commentated, too

@kevanlannister3672 4 жыл бұрын

Good Video :) Your channel deserves way more subscribers.

@ProfBoggs Жыл бұрын

This case study was very interesting. Thank you!

@Andominicus Жыл бұрын

I did not predict the first sentence to be like that

@alikuzyaka2152 4 жыл бұрын

Have been holding out on watching this, it was great. I havent seen anything quite good like this for a while. Are you interested in making a video on mediterranean trade before and after the discovery of the cape?

@MLaserHistory 4 жыл бұрын

Nothing about it in the planned list but I'll look in to it.

@vmiximv 10 ай бұрын

I know how good u r and how much effort this took. Ty fer sharing and I pray you can always find work.

@FirefoxisredExplorerisblueGoog 4 жыл бұрын

3:36 Did the League also considered Dutch to be Low German?

@Saifyrooma2nd 4 жыл бұрын

Firefox is red, Explorer is blue. Google+ sucks and Chrome does too. I’m interested too

@MLaserHistory 4 жыл бұрын

Quote from Gade, A.J., The Hanseatic Control of Norwegian Commerce During the Late Middle Ages, Leiden, Brill, 1951. The merchants may be Hanseatic "provided they're not English, Zealanders, Hollanders, Brabancons, Flemings, Nurnbergers or High-Germans". The Dutch and the English where trading rivals to the Hansa so to protect their interests against their rivals they probably didn't allow them in no matter if they spoke the language. However I wouldn't rule out some exceptions to the rule. I am willing to bet there where some dutch people in the Hansa. It just wouldn't have been very common.

@FirefoxisredExplorerisblueGoog 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you :).

@Saifyrooma2nd 4 жыл бұрын

@M. Laser History Thanks a lot for the answer!

@MLaserHistory 4 жыл бұрын

It all really depends. The baseline is they recruited mostly just Low-Germans but exceptions applied in certain situations. These situations being less frequent in the first half of the League's existence and more frequent in the second half of its existence. Either way no matter who you where you needed to know how to speak Low-German no matter what.

@mundoloving 4 жыл бұрын

Cool vid. Id be into hearing more about the Hanse.

@ravivik3378 2 жыл бұрын

Someone needs to make an historical show about merchents

@maxkaufmann833 4 жыл бұрын

Please create more videos like this. The smaller important organizations always interest me.

@Ammmssk 4 жыл бұрын

Could you make more videos about Eastern Europe, about Nóvgorod, Kazan, the Yugra people, about Crimea, the Gothic people

@Ammmssk 4 жыл бұрын

Also about Romania, 🙏🦇🦇

@oOSalvadoraxOo 3 жыл бұрын

So in short: more about loser countries

@shellshockedgerman3947 3 жыл бұрын

@@oOSalvadoraxOo Why? Are you a loser?

@gwalchgwynwlisc1706 4 жыл бұрын

This was actually a really interesting video. You got a sub

@thomash3218 4 жыл бұрын

Great research and video!

@toddbonin6926 3 жыл бұрын

This is terrific!!! Thanks

@InauguralAgate6 4 жыл бұрын

Hey man, I just wanna say congratulations on 50k subscRAID SHADOW LEGENDS, THE TOP TIER MOBILE RPG ;)

@edwardgrigoryan3982 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! I'm impressed by the level of detail here. May I ask what resources you used to weave together such a thorough portrayal of a Hansa Merchant?

@MLaserHistory 2 жыл бұрын

all the sources are in the script www.patreon.com/posts/hanseatic-league-33414848?

@edwardgrigoryan3982 2 жыл бұрын

@@MLaserHistory Wow! So thorough. The map you cite as a resource is excellent! Thanks for doing what you do.

@SmajdalfFrogi12 4 жыл бұрын

Great video keep it up 😊

@victorstroganov8135 3 жыл бұрын

That is were the name Lufthansa comes from.

@MLaserHistory 3 жыл бұрын

Yup the good old Air-guild.

@Pseudoluky 4 жыл бұрын

This video was much better than the first one i saw from you (The dumbest battle in history). A lot more energy and a way more fun format to tell the story. Great Job :D. Ps: How much dose my father have to donate to the league to skip the hazing? (i bet that happened a lot)

@MLaserHistory 4 жыл бұрын

It would be more about connections than actual money. At its height the Hansa had enough money to buy up small kingdoms, individual donations wouldn't really matter to them.

@ShummaAwilum Жыл бұрын

That ad transition was great

@Rynewulf 4 жыл бұрын

It really makes you think how many different peoples lived together all over the place, even then. History is truly not a monolith

@antalgergely8084 4 жыл бұрын

I love this channel.

@MLaserHistory 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@mydogisfast9987 11 ай бұрын

Beautifully well done! Sounds like a great life lol

@cgunugc 4 жыл бұрын

Hmm. I wonder if the smoke test is to ensure that you do not have any allergies - to find out if your body has weakness, in the parlance of the day?

@rotaruandrei8302 4 жыл бұрын

Just found out that there are 2 Frankfurts , one on the Odra and the other one on Main.

@Jesse_Dawg 11 ай бұрын

Great video! Please more like this and on nomads too. take care and thank you

@axelander9397 4 жыл бұрын

this was awesome!

@radovantoth7233 4 жыл бұрын

I wanted some backround noise to listen to as I work, but i just had to stop the work and watch coz ur videos are 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@shashwatsinha2704 2 жыл бұрын

Same

@santiagomendozaariza2790 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video, greetings from Colombia.

@defAmunch 4 жыл бұрын

It’s like being a pledge for 7 years

@typehere8416 4 жыл бұрын

All the initiation and drinking with high functioning merchants sounds like modern bankers

@MLaserHistory 4 жыл бұрын

I would say there's quite a bit of modern parallels.

@terrortalks3037 6 ай бұрын

Imagine being in the Middle Ages already and then you have to go through a bunch of "try not to die, kid" hazing rituals.

@dabrowskipj 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, great video. Could you recommend books about Hansa?

@MLaserHistory 4 жыл бұрын

A bit of a boring academic read but very good if you want to know about the Hansa in more detail. Harreld, J.D. (ed.), A Companion to the Hanseatic League, Leiden, Brill, 2015.

@dabrowskipj 4 жыл бұрын

@@MLaserHistory Thank you.

@altiris6874 4 жыл бұрын

I like these types of videos!

@Artur_M. 4 жыл бұрын

7:56 - 8:00 Shots fired! There's a reason why Germans are essentially called "mutes" in our languages. :) Seriously though, great video. The part about initiation ceremonies was particuraly fun.

@MLaserHistory 4 жыл бұрын

Yup, I mean even German punctuation and capitalization makes no sense. They Literary Capitalize Every Freaking Word In a Sentence.

@Artur_M. 4 жыл бұрын

@@MLaserHistory Oh no, let's be fair, it's only the Nouns, but there are Times when the Syntax seams like Trolling to Me. ;)

@TAK-yj4hj 4 жыл бұрын

M. Laser History Nah just nouns and the start of sentences. The cases are definitely more irritating then the capitalization of nouns

@neutralfellow9736 4 жыл бұрын

The initiation hazing seems a bit...excessive.

@MLaserHistory 4 жыл бұрын

Yup.

@orzaneerzy7463 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing video please make more like it

@timoth4529 9 ай бұрын

The league was probably the closest thing to the titular Adventures Guild you see in Fantasy games and stuff.

@Czar_B 3 жыл бұрын

Great vid. Excelent. Plz make more! It makes me want to join :)

@MLaserHistory 3 жыл бұрын

I get what you mean but sadly this video just didn't do that well.

@lucber75 4 жыл бұрын

Really great video

@abdullahidahir9884 4 жыл бұрын

By the way where did you get the cool Maps?, could you please send me a comment about the website where the maps were from?. Thank you

@MLaserHistory 4 жыл бұрын

maps-for-free.com/#close tangrams.github.io/heightmapper/

@abdullahidahir9884 4 жыл бұрын

@@MLaserHistory Thank you so much!, I Was Hunting for those maps for a long time! Thank you!

@abdullahidahir9884 4 жыл бұрын

@@MLaserHistory Also by the way what was the website you used to make these excellent videos, please send me a comment about the website in which you make these great videos? Thank you.

@MLaserHistory 4 жыл бұрын

I think you mean software. Which is Vegas, Photoshop and Audacity.

@abdullahidahir9884 4 жыл бұрын

@@MLaserHistory Thank you.

@Toto-95 4 жыл бұрын

great vid man !

@MLaserHistory 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@pliedtka 3 жыл бұрын

One of the reasons Merchants along Vistula and Gdańsk rebelled against Teutonic Knights rulers in 15th century was TAXES that they had to pay to Crusaders. So during Teutonic - Polish war around 1460s they destroyed the Crusaders Castle in Toruń or Thorn. Similarly Gdańsk seeked protection of king under Free City State. By then Lithuania officially accepted Christianity and slowly the West and Papacy stoped supporting Crusades. I have to mention that Jews were not allowed to settle in the country of the Teutonic Knights, and later in Prussia for a while. P.S. does anyone watched Das Boot, kind of reminds me of the young Hanza sailors but now under different circumstances.

@spaguettoltd.7933 11 ай бұрын

This would make such a good video game

@salimelawad 3 жыл бұрын

Is that a theme from Lineage 2 playing in the backgroud?

@eldermoose7938 4 жыл бұрын

that's some extreme hazing man

@aleksandarilic7666 2 жыл бұрын

"Are you Low German." "Czech." I know it's a dick move but I just had to - no offense meant. :D

@jenslindberg7091 4 жыл бұрын

Hey can make a video on the London kontor

@andrewsaxon4314 4 жыл бұрын

That ad hit me like a meteor

@Mrnewkrakbo 11 ай бұрын

Good times playing patrician 3

@ninototo1 4 жыл бұрын

Why are you rolling the R on Rostock?

@robertoeverton6473 4 жыл бұрын

Those innitiations are fucking brutal lmao

@MLaserHistory 4 жыл бұрын

Apparently Hansa wasn't even the most brutal Medieval Guild when it comes to hazing. Some of the artisan guilds like cobblers had actual permanent body scarring as part of initiation and other very nasty stuff.

@BirdEgg123 4 жыл бұрын

I love this

@loods2215 4 жыл бұрын

Didn't see that sponsor coming

@dawneabdulal-bari9313 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting! Thank you ;->

@ieatcrayons408 3 жыл бұрын

I've been to Bergen :D

@caius1620 2 жыл бұрын

Someone played the guild in their childhood :)

@not_averge 2 жыл бұрын

7:31 that's a hell of a newcomer welcome But can you defend yourself? Or is that just so that they know you are willing to suffer for the league?

@MLaserHistory 2 жыл бұрын

Mostly just hazing. Which is present in many organizations to this day like American Fraternities.

@paulmckenzie5155 4 жыл бұрын

This seems like an awesome opportunity for kids otherwise facing a bad situation

@MLaserHistory 4 жыл бұрын

To be clear "you" in this story got in because of a connection. That merchant friend I mentioned at the start. Many people got in to the league just because of connection although there where exception and if you where skilled/talented enough the league would pick you up.

@123Dunebuggy 4 жыл бұрын

The sadistic league, those trails lol

@jonnmisini 3 жыл бұрын

If i could turn backin time this league would be the life for me

@Dell-ol6hb 11 ай бұрын

Damn they really wanted to kill you with these elaborate and torturous initiation ceremonies lmaoo

@omarmagdy626 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video, really enjoyed it ! About the Ads thing, I understand that it is a necessity but you should at least try to fit it more organically in the video. Sort of like what OverSimplified does.

@Madokaexe Жыл бұрын

The Initiation is basically pirate survival training

@JakubW. 4 жыл бұрын

Kraków was also a member city of Hansa.

@MLaserHistory 4 жыл бұрын

Yes and No. Krakow had many Hansa members operating in it and it recruited more members from the city but the city wasn't a member itself and it didn't have an established Kontor.