This polity was established with the defeat of Adolf II by Henry the Lion, and Visby contributed to its control of the Baltic, which ended when Ivan III closed its access to Novgorod. This confederation originally financed the Victual Brothers in their harassment of Queen Margaret of Denmark until t
This polity was established with the defeat of Adolf II by Henry the Lion, and Visby contributed to its control of the Baltic, which ended when Ivan III closed its access to Novgorod. This confederation originally financed the Victual Brothers in their harassment of Queen Margaret of Denmark until the formation of the Kalmar Union in 1397. This polity reached its apex with the formation of the Confederation of Cologne and defeat of Valdemar IV with the Treaty of Stralsund, which granted a monopoly over the Baltic fish trade, and their decline began with the aforementioned Kalmar Union. For 10 points, name this medieval German trading alliance centered around Lübeck.
This polity was established with the defeat of Adolf II by Henry the Lion, and Visby contributed to its control of the Baltic, which ended when Ivan III closed its access to Novgorod.
{Hanseatic} League [or {Hansa}]