The ability of slender "cog" boats to travel the Trave estuary south of Schleswig is considered critical to the early development of this entity.
The ability of slender "cog" boats to travel the Trave estuary south of Schleswig is considered critical to the early development of this entity. It lost ground with the Peace of Wordingborg in Denmark, though peaked in its defeat of the Danish Waldemar IV. That was preceded by the creation of the Confederation of Cologne, which forced the Treaty of Straslund, giving it 15 percent of Danish mercantile profits. It originated in a 1241 treaty between Lubeck and Hamburg to obtain exclusive trading rights for its members. For 10 points, name this alliance of merchants and cities of northern Germany and the Baltic.
The ability of slender "cog" boats to travel the Trave estuary south of Schleswig is considered critical to the early development of this entity.
{Hanseatic} League [or {Hansa} or {die Hansetage}]