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Discover the Hanseatic League of the 14th century and fight for gold and prestige - transition-free on your iPad and your Mac. Take on the role of a medieval merchant and allow the City of Lübeck to ...

To be a merchant in the Middle Ages, one needed to know how to write and count. Mastery of foreign languages was beneficial. But perhaps most important was an aptitude for theology. Although trade ...

A vast wooden hull resting in the silt off Copenhagen is forcing historians to rethink what a “typical” medieval merchant ship looked like. The newly uncovered cog, a record breaker in both size and ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. In our initial Q&A for Medieval 2: Total War, project director Bob Smith revealed many details regarding Creative Assembly and Sega's upcoming sequel ...