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ChapterI
socialmilieu:
toruńanditsmerchant
patriciate
1.thebeginningsoftoruń)s
long-distancetrade
ThefoundationofToruńcoincidedwithanincreaseinHan-
forGermanmerdantswereLivoniaandRuthenianlands(theroute
seaticLeague)sinteresintheVisulaesuaryandtheVisula
route.Althoughthemainareasofcommercialexploration
fromLübectoNovgorod),theyalsosoughttoincreasetheirshare
oftradewiththePolishlands.Tefirsfadknownfromsources
concerningthepresenceofpeoplefromLübecatthemouthof
VisulaistheprivilegegrantedbytheDukeofGdańskŚwiętopełk,
datedto1224-1227.TeprivilegeconfirmedthepresenceofHan-
seaticLeaguemerdantsinthetradeonVisula-theymayhave
travelledwiththeirclothuptheVisulaandperhapsevenreaded
Ruthenia.Tesecontadswereinterruptedforthedurationof
thewarbetweenŚwiętopełkandtheTeutonicOrder.TeLübec
merdantssupportedtheTeutonicKnightsinthiswarandtheir
shipsprotededbytheknightstriedtoreadChełmnoandToruń
sailingfromElblągonVisula.Teconclusionofpeacebetween
theTeutonicKnightsandŚwiętopełkresultedintheresorationof
friendlytradecontadsbetweentheHanseaticLeagueandtheduke.
In1253,theLübecmerdantsconcludedanagreementwiththe
Duke,whidallowedthemtofreelyusetheportontheMotława
River.AlthoughtheinfluenceoftheHanseaticLeagueinGdańsk
