15510105NYB00

1551, January 5

Nyborg

King Christian III of Denmark to Hamburg: in reaction to their complaints, emphasizes that they are not supposed to stay in Iceland in winter, should respect the law of the land, and accuses them of having behaved violently towards the governor and the merchants from Copenhagen.

Created for and published on the HANSdoc website of the German Maritime Museum, Bremerhaven, by Bart Holterman in the context of the research project Between the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea: interdisciplinary Studies of the Hanse. Licensed CC BY.

Hamburg, Staatsarchiv der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg

111-1 (Senat), Cl. VII Lit. Kc No. 11, vol. 2 (Islandica 1535-1560)

Three bifolios

21x30cm

Paper

Slight water stains and some holes caused by wear in the centre of the paper

Modern foliation in pencil, 118-123

Seal disappeared.

Original

High German

Facsimile not (yet) available