The Treaty of Stralsund (24 May 1370) ended the war between the

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and the kingdom of

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. The Hanseatic League reached the peak of its power by the conditions of this treaty.Phillip Pulsiano, Kirsten Wolf, ''Medieval Scandinavia: An Encyclopedia'', Taylor & Francis, 1993, p.265, Peter N. Stearns, William Leonard Langer, ''The Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged'', Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2001, p.265, Angus MacKay, David Ditchburn, ''Atlas of Medieval Europe'', Routledge, 1997, p.171, The war began in 1361, when Danish king

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conquered

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, and

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with the major Hanseatic town Visby. In 1362, a Hanseatic counterstrike was repelled by the Danish fleet at

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, which led Hansa to accept a truce culminating in the unfavourable Treaty of Vordingborg (1365), depriving the league of much of its privileges. Unwilling to accept the treaty, the Hanseatic League, which used to be a trade league rather than a political union, raised a fleet through the

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in 1367 and renewed their Swedish alliances. In the following battles, Valdemar and his Norwegian son-in-law Hakon VI were utterly defeated. The treaty was negotiated for Denmark by

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and for the Hanseatic League by the burgomasters Jakob Pleskow of

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and Bertram Wulflam of

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. In the treaty, the freedom of Visby was reestablished. Furthermore, Denmark had to assure the Hanseatic League of free trade in the entire

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. This gave the Hanseatic League a monopoly on the Baltic fish trade. The league also gained the right to veto against Danish throne candidates. Die Gartenlaube (1860) b 821

References

* Dollinger, Philippe (1999). ''The German Hansa.'' Routledge. . Stralsund Stralsund, Treaty of 1370 in Europe 1370s in the Holy Roman Empire History of Lübeck History of Pomerania

14th century in Denmark

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