The members of this alliance fought the Victual Brothers and signed the treaty of Stralsund with Valdemar IV of Denmark while united under the Confederation of Cologne.
The members of this alliance fought the Victual Brothers and signed the treaty of Stralsund with Valdemar IV of Denmark while united under the Confederation of Cologne. This organization's London headquarters gave their name to a type of balance and were called the Steelyard; they were also one of its four Kontoren or counting houses. By the end of the 16th century, the decline of cities like Bruges, Antwerp, and Lubeck heralded the collapse of this entity. For 10 points, name this alliance of merchant cities and guilds, a league that during the 13th through 17th centuries controlled trade in and around the North Sea and the Baltic.
The members of this alliance fought the Victual Brothers and signed the treaty of Stralsund with Valdemar IV of Denmark while united under the Confederation of Cologne.
{Hanseatic League} [or {Hansa}; or {Hanse}]