Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Chapter 18 Salted Herring, Fifty Foods That Changed The Course of History by Bill Price

Book: Fifty Foods That Changed The Course of History
Author: Bill Price
ISBN: 978-1-77085-427-7

Chapter 18: Salted Herring

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Questions

1. What is the origin of salted herring?
2. What was the Hansa or the Hanseatic League?
3. What was the name of the French town that exported herring in the 15th century?
4. Why did Boulogne become wealthy of the herring trade?
5. Where is the Falstero Peninsula?
6. What was the name of the city located in the Holy Roman Empire that is now Germany, which merchants went to the Scania Market to buy fish?
7. What was the name of the city that the merchants supplied the salt from Luneberg Salt Springs in Northern Germany?
8. During this time period, the fish was cheap and it became a staple of food.  True or False
9. Which merchants formed trade guilds within their city?
10. Explain the Hanseatic League.
11. Who governed the Hanseatic League?
12. What was the name of the party that control/governed the Hanseatic League?
13. The Hanseatic League reached its height in the 15th century.  How far did it extend?
14. The Hansa merchants left their culture in today's Luneburg region.  What is an item that can be seen today?
15. When was the Hanseatic League dissolved?
16. When was the road, from Luneburg to Lubeck, superseded by a canal?
17. Where are the Luneburg salt works found today?
18. What is the silver of the sea?



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