Athanasios Kouzelis

The book presents the history and culture that developed in the context of the foundation and operation of the northern European trade association of the Hanseatic League during the Middle Ages. It is an academic research based on the sources and the chronicles of the time, which, in addition to the history of the Hanseatic League, reveals important information about its political economy, shipbuilding, urban planning, architecture, arts, material and spiritual culture.

The present book aims to the scientific specification of design praxeology as the tacit knowledge that in particular promote new and improved ideas as models for their realization. Its reading is expected to clarify the thoughts and actions that concern realizable ideas' configuration in Architecture and Applied Arts, as well as the expertise that demonstrates the significance of genuine authenticity with which a designer offers his knowledge and creativity serving the objective reality by revealing its innovative forms.