Hi all, I am currently working on a project discussing urban militia in Northern German cities (between about 1350-1500) and something that inevitably crops up when discussing Northern German cities in the High/Late Medieval period is the Hanseatic League. I have only a limited understanding of German and am having some difficulty finding sources in English about the League that aren't very old and likely outdated.
So now comes my question, what are some good academic sources that discuss the Hanseatic League?
In addition to the book I listed before in: Any books to read about the Hanseatic League?, I wonder whether you can also refer to the following two crazily expensive companion and essential collection of essays in your affiliated institution's library:
Unfortunately, regardless of the war in sea or on land, most of these books in English don't cover the military aspects of northern German cities.
Maccines, A. I., Thomas Riis & F. G. Pedersen, Ships (eds.), Guns and Bibles in the North Sea and the Baltic States, c. 1350-c. 1700, East Linton: Tucker, 2000, also includes two articles on the piracy in the Baltic and its suppression by the Hanseatic League.