That Well-Grounded Error: Bruges as Hansestadt
Year: 2013
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: The strong identification of Bruges with the Hanse continues both in the mistaken belief of many that Bruges was once a member of that fractious body of trading cities, and in the prominence that the Hanse received in the Bruges city initiative as European Cultural Capital in 2002, which resulted in a major exhibition: Hanze@Medici. Why is it that this strong association of Bruges as Hansestadt continues, when in reality the city was only one of four Kontore the Hanse established at the corners of its chief trading region? This chapter explores this seeming 'atypicality' through a consideration of what recent (since c. 1990) research has added to what we know about the Hanse in Bruges and a concluding consideration of the role that Hanse history played in the profile of ‘Bruges, Cultural Capital of Europe, 2002.’. Keywords:Bruges; Hanseatic merchants; trade
Source: BRILL eBooks
Author: James M. Murray
Language: English
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2284613189