Swedish fighting against this group began when it helped Gustavus Vasa rebel against Christian II of Denmark, and this group operated a base at Visby on the island of Gotland that would be attacked by the man with whom this group signed the treaty of Stralsund, Valdemar IV.
Swedish fighting against this group began when it helped Gustavus Vasa rebel against Christian II of Denmark, and this group operated a base at Visby on the island of Gotland that would be attacked by the man with whom this group signed the treaty of Stralsund, Valdemar IV. Ivan III expelled this group from Novgorod, and Elizabeth I closed another of its kontore at the steelyard in London. This group, whose governing diet met for the last time in 1699, started as a group of German cities bound by a law named for chief city, Lubeck. For 10 points, name this medieval trading organization that once dominated trade in northern Europe.
Swedish fighting against this group began when it helped Gustavus Vasa rebel against Christian II of Denmark, and this group operated a base at Visby on the island of Gotland that would be attacked by the man with whom this group signed the treaty of Stralsund, Valdemar IV.
{Hanseatic} League [or {Hansatic} League]