With or with jo jo and her friends. I leave that up to. Michelle spitzer space shuttles a war with all over the world. Online and interactive. German to go. And learn german for three w. Around twelve thirteen that you tony quarter of the brethren of the sword settled much arms from West Virginia and from you back at the entrance to the gulf of finland the foundations were laid for what would be the thriving port of rev all of a member of the huns a clique whose purpose was to promote trade. Quickly rose to become one of the most successful of the hands of towns on the basis of a unique privilege goods being transported past the city were required to be temporarily stored in a warehouse or staple outside the gates in other words a kind of intermediate trade was enforced between east and west and reviles merchants profited highly from it. Was a stronghold fortified with thirty five towers in its walls manned by the best cannoneers in the east that task to watch over the rich chords of the merchant between fourteen zero three and one hundred fifteen over a period of twelve years that is a merchant by the name of the king alone traded over three hundred thousand first from russia sending him on to germany and flanders and england. At some time around forty and sixty a young apprentice trader called hunts pavels came to revel he had heard of the wealth of the hands the attic merchants and was determined to try his luck here. And. Merchants from all over europe were tracked it to reveille but only a few of them were granted the privilege to trade here on their own account guilds guarded their rights generously. Occupied a key position on the trade route to russia and on beyond there to the east for arabia. Yes and even to china. To operate in revolver traders had to be accepted into the select company of the guilds of the young gentleman traders like hands pavels the relevant guild was that of the black head of their their abilities when a rigorous report to the test before they were allowed to marry a merchant and take up residence as a citizen of the town. Pavels did indeed become a member of the said guild of unmarried apprentice traders as a blackhead he was allowed to do deals in his own name but was not yet one of the patricians of the town. St maurice patron saint of the upon a mess blackheads as commander of the roman legion he died a martyrs death and was thus an exemplar for the members of the guild who are dedicated to to the good of the community. A just are unama a reference to the obligation to fight for the city if it ever needed to be defended. When a dispute with russia led in four hundred ninety four to the closure of the Trading Office in nov god was left with the so staple right the trade with the east it was a period of great prosperity for the town and hands pavels prospered to in the same year he bought a large townhouse. Commensurate with his success in business. By now he was already a member of the grand guild to which the most successful merchants belonged they alone had the privilege of engaging in Foreign Trade their lone decided who should sit on the town council and who consequently should have control over the fortunes of the city. High above the town hall the patron saint of the town old thomas. Inside the building his predecessor who served for five hundred years as weathervane for the sea man and as a landmark presided over the citys good fortune. In the grand whole a storage room in earlier days for valuable trade goods a selfconfident display of the hands and colors yellow and blue for the huns the Arctic League red and green for wealth. As a respected merchant hans pavels now had a seat on the town council in this capacity he was involved not just in the accumulation of wealth but also in providing for the spiritual care of the Municipal Community reveille commissioned works from the greatest artists of the day. And money was almost no object. A collection among the merchants of the town raised the princely sum of twelve hundred fifty silver marks for a new altar piece for the church of st nicholas. This was the church of the German Community half warehouse half refuge but always a place of worship. On the flags on the bow of the ship the head of st maurice. These were vows best years the town was bursting with selfconfidence it was still alive the trade exchanging furs cereals and wax the sword and class with grain bought in cheap in the autumn and stored in the warehouses till it could be sold at a high price in spring one hundred was beginning to bite. But the monopoly was not to hold for much longer the handy attic league was showing the first signs of losing its firm grip and russia was putting pressure on the rich merchants in revel. Nothing lasts forever thats the message of the rev al dance of death then to not care the lubeck master painted the picture it reminds the living of the transitory nature of the things of the inevitability of death. Almost defiant the memorial slab of a reveille merchant who lived his life in piety but was ready to put up a fight also he would have the viewer believe. Two hundred years later reveille would be under the yoke of the zaz and. Concord but with all its privileges intact another success for the rich merchants and that splendid city. Revolver is now called tallinn and is the capital of estonia. In the church of st hans pov elves created a monument for himself. The immigrant have prentice trade on hunts pavels found fortune in reveille and admonishes the living. Entered the conflict zone with me shall sleep on the from the treatment of migrants to freedom of expression to enter terra low cost standards of human rights across youre all slipping my guest in ghana is Michael Flood to director of the agency called condiment gods does he believe you up is doing oh good ten to protect human rights. The first next on t. W. The full. Confidence up. Roundabouts and down again. We take you to yorks most famous no boundary engines and this one talks some old europes highest peak. Because the winter is at its best right here going to the mountains all series this week. Zero m. Sixteen s. W. Major sport t. V. Smarter with the d w four small. What you want when you want to move up to date extraordinary. Depth the sidewalks on sunday morning jog come smart t. V. From the treatment of migrants to freedom of expression to end to terror laws our standards of human rights across europe are slipping this week on conflict zone my guest in vienna is Michael Oflaherty director of the e. U. Agency for fundamental rights thats he believes europe is doing all it can to protect human rights